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title: The Lessen Edge | Blog | Michael Rothman
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# Lessen | Blog

## Michael Rothman

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Michael Rothman is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at SMS Assist.

### Recent Posts

## [SMS Assist Receives $150M Series D Investment from Goldman Sachs Investment Partners](https://blog.lessen.com/blog/sms-assist-receives-150m-series-d-investment-from-goldman-sachs-investment-partners-sms-assist-valued-at-1b)

 Posted by [Michael Rothman](https://blog.lessen.com/blog/author/michael-rothman) on 6/7/16 8:33 AM

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To fuel our continuous growth and market expansion, we rely on the support of investors that value innovation as much as we do. Prior investors such as Pritzker Group Venture Capital and Insight Venture Partners shared our vision and have empowered us to transform the facilities maintenance industry and develop our world-class technology platform, One by SMS Assist. 

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