SmartSuite, which makes workflow-management software, says it’s raised $13 million in a Series A round, bringing the startup’s total funding to $38 million.
Irvine-based SmartSuite’s platform allows companies to plan, track and manage business workflows that are related to strategy, customer support, facility management, finance and accounting and marketing.
Co-founder and CEO Jon Darbyshire says “employees are drowning in spreadsheets, clunky automation and collaboration tools that slow them down instead of speeding them up.”
“SmartSuite cuts through the chaos with one simple, no-code platform that handles everything: project management, process automation and real-time collaboration—all in one place,” the Orange County resident told the Business Journal on Feb. 25.
No-code is a software development approach that requires few, if any, programming skills to quickly build an application, website or module that links into an existing system.
The financing round announced on Feb. 20 was led by Canapi Ventures of Washington, D.C., with participation from Sorenson Capital of Lehi, Utah, and High Alpha of Indianapolis.
The latest financing follows a $25 million founder-led seed investment.
SmartSuite says that last year it achieved 300% growth, with its user base surpassing 50,000 professionals across more than 5,000 businesses in over 100 countries.
SmartSuite has about 10 employees in Irvine, and about 40 team members across the U.K., Portugal, Ukraine, Bulgaria, the Netherlands and Dubai.
SmartSuite is already serving customers in over 100 countries, with 30% of its customer base located in Europe, according to CEO Darbyshire. The company is expanding its partner network across Europe, CEO Darbyshire says the “long-term vision is to continue growing our presence worldwide” while strengthening its partner ecosystem.
Expanding Marketing, Product in Irvine
SmartSuite is expanding marketing, product and customer relations teams at its Irvine headquarters.
The company’s platform is used by organizations including Apple Bank, Credit One Bank, University of California, Los Angeles, Georgetown University, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Sunday Riley, Lyneer Staffing Solutions, Datawatch and University of California, Berkeley.
SmartSuite starts at $10 per user, per month and is available in 15 languages.
The company was founded by Jon and Tara Darbyshire and Peter Novosel, the team behind Archer Technologies. Archer was sold to EMC Corp., which was acquired by Dell Technologies.
The Darbyshires then spent nearly three years developing the work management process.
SmartSuite integrates with over 5,000 applications, including Slack, Microsoft, Google, HubSpot, Salesforce, Jira, Make and Zapier.
The privately held company does not release revenue figures.
