Congratulating Smarterer

We are thrilled to congratulate Dave Balter and the entire Smarterer team on their announced acquisition by Pluralsight. This is a wonderful outcome for all parties, and it has been an honor to be a part of this incredible team.

True was the first and largest investor in Smarterer, investing in Dave, Mike Kowalchik and Jennifer Fremont-Smith’s idea at inception, in March 2011. Since that time, we have remained the largest investor in the company.

Over the past three years, under the outstanding leadership of Dave, Mike, Jennifer, Sarah Hodges and Larry Israelite to name a few, Smarterer has become the industry’s leading skills measurement software platform with IP that quantifies skills in as few as 10 questions & 2 minutes. In addition to the core team, investors Rick Segal of Rethink Education, Rich Miner of Google Ventures and Christiaan Vorkink of True Ventures all contributed to Smarterer’s success—it has been a personal privilege to work with these outstanding people.

Congratulations to Dave and Team Smarterer. We wish you the best success in this next chapter, and True was honored to be your partner.