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§ Private Profile · Newport Beach, CA, USA
SmartSuite is a technology company.
SmartSuite is a work management platform designed to help teams manage projects, automate workflows, and enhance collaboration across various business functions.
SmartSuite has raised $13.0M across 1 funding round.
SmartSuite has raised $13.0M in total across 1 funding round.
SmartSuite has raised $13.0M in total across 1 funding round.
SmartSuite's investors include Crosslink Capital, Emergence Capital, High Alpha, Sorenson Ventures, Matt Gorniak.
SmartSuite has raised $13.0M across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $13.0M Series A in February 2025.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 2025 | $13M Series A | — | Crosslink Capital, Emergence Capital, High Alpha, Sorenson Ventures, Matt Gorniak | Announced |
SmartSuite is a no-code work management platform that unifies project management, process automation, document collaboration, and team coordination into a single intuitive tool, enabling teams to build and customize workflows without coding.[1][2][3] It serves diverse enterprises including financial institutions like Capital One and Credit One Bank, universities such as UCLA and Georgetown, healthcare providers like Blue Cross Blue Shield, and others across sales, HR, marketing, IT, finance, GRC, and operations, solving the problem of fragmented tools, spreadsheets, and outdated workflows that hinder efficiency.[1][2][5] The platform offers over 200 pre-built templates, per-user pricing with unlimited workflows, and supports bottom-up adoption via a free tier, driving 300% growth in 2024 to over 50,000 users in more than 5,000 businesses across 100+ countries, bolstered by a $38 million Series A for global expansion.[1][2]
SmartSuite was founded by serial entrepreneurs Jon and Tara Darbyshire, who previously built Archer Technologies, a leading GRC platform acquired by EMC (now Dell Technologies) in 2010.[1][2] After the sale, the Darbyshires identified persistent enterprise struggles with disjointed workflows and spent nearly three years developing SmartSuite as a seamless, user-friendly alternative that combines no-code flexibility, collaboration, and automation.[1] Early traction came from product-led growth and enterprise sales, rapidly scaling to 15,000+ customers (including hundreds of paying enterprises) and 50,000 users by leveraging their deep expertise in enterprise software needs.[2]
SmartSuite rides the no-code/low-code wave in enterprise software, addressing the shift toward flexible "work operating systems" amid rising demands for agile processes in hybrid, global teams facing tool sprawl.[1][2][5] Timing aligns with post-pandemic digital transformation, where organizations seek unified platforms over fragmented apps—evidenced by 300% growth and adoption in regulated sectors like finance and compliance.[1] Market forces favoring it include AI-driven automation trends and economic pressures for cost-effective scalability, positioning SmartSuite to influence the ecosystem by enabling faster execution, data integrity, and cross-team alignment without IT dependency.[2][6]
SmartSuite's $38 million Series A will accelerate global go-to-market, platform enhancements, and enterprise penetration, building on 2024 momentum to target larger GRC and operational use cases.[1] Trends like AI integrations, deeper no-code ecosystems, and rising demand for unified work platforms will shape its path, potentially expanding influence through partnerships and custom solutions for regulated industries.[6] As no-code matures, SmartSuite could redefine enterprise work management, evolving from disruptor to standard for teams delivering "faster, better, and smarter."[2] This positions it to transform fragmented workflows into scalable, intuitive systems—just as its founders revolutionized GRC before.[1]