October 2010
Company founded
March 2011
First apprentice employee
March 2011
First tech platform released
June 2011
Minimum viable product launches
August 2011
First client on board!
2013 February
First £1m revenue achieved
2013 August
Awarded National Apprentice Employer of the Year (NAS)
2014 August
100,000 users in Smart Assessor
November 2014
Move development inhouse
& hire a CTO
Early 2015
Change from pay as you go to annual subscription charge
January 2016
£1m invested in Smart Assessor enhancements to support apprenticeship reforms
November 2017
2nd tech platform released to support new end point assessment organisations
January 2018
Book published: Survival of the Smartest
Early 2018
Smart EPA confirms first contract
Late 2018
Smart VLE launches
2018 May
Hosted national apprenticeship reform conference at the NEC
2018 November
CEO awarded Tech Entrepreneur of the Year
2019 May
50th employee recruited
September 2019
Company awarded Top 50 Fastest Growing UK Tech Company
November 2019
Digital Learning Journey completes with Smart Onboarder, CRM and ILR
2020