Employee Advocacy SaaS Provider Smarp Tripled Its Revenue and Raised 1.3M € Funding

Helsinki, Finland, August 28, 2015 (Newswire.com) - A new office in New York

The company is opening a new office in New York in September. The new office will ensure better service for the existing and new customers  further speeding Smarps growth. The business expansion is possible, thanks to growing revenues and 1.3M € funding from Vision+, TEKES (the Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation), Frontier and the company’s operational management.

“According to Gartner, employee advocacy is one of the six digital disruptions this year. In regards to employee advocacy adoption, US market is the most mature, ahead of any other market.  In order for us to continue our strong growth, it is very important for us to get closely involved in the US market right now, when employee advocacy is on everyone's lips.”

Tero Ojanperä, Managing Partner, Vision+

During the last two years, Smarp has been expanding its operations rapidly in London, Dubai and in the Nordic countries. In 2015, the company has tripled its revenue, as well as increased the number of its employees significantly. Currently, Smarp serves over 100 customers and employs 40 people. To support the strong growth, the plan is to increase hires in all locations.

“During this year we have been able to close major deals with international clients such as EMC and Deloitte as well as grow our team with top talent such as Lars Ingerslev, the former head of LinkedIn Nordics. The U.S. expansion is the next logical step for Smarp, as our customer base in the North American markets is increasing. Opening an office in New York supports the company’s goal to become the leading employee advocacy service provider globally.”

Roope Heinilä, CEO Smarp Oy

For more information contact:

Roope Heinilä, CEO, +358443331495, [email protected]   

Markus Lindén, Marketing Manager, +358503281591, [email protected]

About Smarp

Smarp is the creator of SmarpShare, the leading employee advocacy service. We want to help our customers to humanize their brand by offering the best tools to turn their employees into true brand advocates. Smarp is a group of talented, and highly dedicated people passionate about what we do and work hard to help our customers to become the greatest success stories in the history of social business.