SMaSh Technologies, provider of a new mobile application server for text messaging, and it has closed a $1.35 million investment to expand its product development and delivery of customer solutions.   Billionaire businessman, entrepreneur, and technology investor Mark Cuban led the round, which also included seed-stage investment group Innovation Works of Pittsburgh, PA, and Dr.Ihor Lys who was named 2008 National Inventor of the Year by the Intellectual Property Owners Education Foundation.

SMaSh's patent-pending platform enables mobile applications based on SMS (short message service) that are feature-rich and transactional. Using SMaSh, businesses can easily develop and quickly launch pre-configured text-based applications that can include: menu-based information navigation, multiple-touch interactions, reminders, "add to favorites" functionality, subscription to notifications, sharing of messages with friends/colleagues, lookups, scheduling, transactions, and more.

With headquarters in Pittsburgh, PA and offices in San Francisco, SMaSh is actively working with agencies, brands, and developers today to develop powerful mobile applications that can be used by anyone who can text message.

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