Congrats to SMaSh, an Innovation Works portfolio company and South Side neighbor to AlphaLab, for its recent round of investment led by Mark Cuban. The company has developed a platform for developing mobile applications on top of the SMS protocol which allows for greater capabilities in areas of search, transactions while taking advantage of text messaging’s widespread adoption. It’s been great working with Eric and Chanu (Smash’s co-founders) as they have built their technology and initial applications and I’m excited about the continued growth of the company, especially with the investment and involvement of Mark Cuban.
Congratulations to SMaSh. It’s good to hear that Mark Cuban is returning to his roots by reinvesting in Pittsburgh startups. Been hearing lots recently about promising new Pittsburgh-based mobile startups, Flycast & Get In Line Games, for example.