Smash rocked the sports world for the first time on November 29th, 2016 at Kattilahalli in Suvilahti, Helsinki. Altogether, 400 participants from ten different countries participated the event.

In 2017 Smash changed a higher gear. The SMASH participants were represented by 79 startups, 30 investors, and different actors from sports and health genres. Altogether, over 500 participants representing 46 nationalities participated to the two-day event.

In 2018 SMASH headed abroad. The first ever Smash satellite event, SMASH London, was organized in May and "Eyes on China" event in June. The third SMASH Helsinki was held in November with two pitching competitions, international speakers, two launches and first ever SMASH Partners' Day.

In 2019 SMASH went to London for the second time. In Finland, the first SMASH satellite event outside Helsinki was organized in Turku in the eve of Paavo Nurmi Games.

In 2020 SMASH HQ moved to Lahti and the three-year journey of SMASH Lahti started. The first event was titled "How to make Lahti more active" was a huge success. The second event, "How to make Lahti more green" was organized to celebrate Lahti European Green Capital 2021. The event was also the first ever online SMASH event. The second online event, and first hackathon organized by SMASH, was Global Sustainable Sports Hackathon.

At the end of 2021 SMASH is heading abroad again. As a part of SMASH’s new role in Lahti Sport Business Hub, SMASH Tokyo sees the daylight on 9 December 2021.