Goslope: Smartsheet makes its 2nd acquisition, swooping up Seattle-based creative production platform Slope

Smartsheet didn't have to go far to make its second acquisition. The Bellevue, Wash.-based publicly-traded work collaboration software company has swooped up Slope, a small Seattle startup founded in 2014 that helps companies manage the creative project production process. The two companies began talking a year-and-a-half ago, said Gene Farrell, senior vice president of product at Smartsheet. They had joint customers and discussed adding integrations between the two services. That's when Smartsheet, which serves 76,000 brands and 90 percent of the Fortune 100, realized Slope could help fill a gap in its product offering related to content production. "We try... Read More