The company was founded in
Brooklyn,
New York in 2001. The founder, Stephen Marsh, believed that the financial industry needed a better way to archive, store, and regulate its data as regulations required. In 2004, the company relocated its headquarters to Portland, Oregon. In 2012,
Quest Software, which owned 60% of Smarsh, was sold to
Dell Computer.
Acquisitions Smarsh has acquired a number of companies since its start in 2001. In 2008, it acquired the Connecticut-based CentraScan LLC, an email management service, the California-based Financial Visions Inc., a website compliance company, and iNation, LLC, a financial CRM provider. Smarsh acquired Presensoft, a
cloud-based instant message archiving company, in 2015, and in December 2016, it acquired MobileGuard, a mobile communication monitoring and retention provider. In 2018, K1 Investment Management acquired Actiance Inc. and merged with Smarsh shortly after. In 2020, Smarsh acquired Entreda, an integrated cybersecurity risk and compliance management software and services company, which will continue to operate under its own brand as a stand-alone, wholly owned subsidiary of Smarsh. Smarsh acquired
TeleMessage, which archives
Signal conversations, in February 2024. In May 2025, TeleMessage gained media attention after it was revealed that
Mike Waltz, former
U.S. National Security Advisor, was using an unofficial version of
Signal called "TM SGNL", created by TeleMessage to archive messages securely. It was later reported that TeleMessage had been hacked. ==References==