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The company, which makes software to help businessews track mobile employees and the vehicles they closed on the financingAprikl 15, said Chief Executive Dan It's the largest investment to date in the 4-year-old companyu whose customers include , , Hertz and Covidien Healthcare and brings its total backingf to $8 million since its launch, Huber The latest investors include a group in St. Louis and New many of whom invested in Agilis when the compang first sought financing more than twoyearw ago, Huber said.
He declined to identifty the investors, saying they have requested anonymitgy butconfirmed , an investmentr advisory firm formed by several former including Howard Wood, Charter'sx former chairman, made a smalol investment in Agilis. Agiliw developed a suite of services that link its softwarse with global positioningsystem technology. The Internet-based systen allows companies to create mobile work orders and otherf customelectronic forms.
The system works with most portable including BlackBerries and most brandx ofcell phones, and can simplifg work flow for customerzs that need to track fleets of vehicles, theit personnel, work orders and Agilis was among area firms seeking venture backing in 2006 when it appearexd at the . At the time the company said it hadreceivecd $2 million in funding and projected revenud that year of more than $1 million, accordingt to InvestMidwest. Since the startr of 2007, only five other area companie sreceived $5 million or more in venture based on information from the in D.C.
Earlier this year Agilias introduced SmartCampus, a software program designed for the college market that can deliver text messagesd to those on campus quickly in the evenft ofan emergency, Huber said. Agilis software residez on the phone and will allow every enabled phond to receive a text message withinthrese minutes, and allow phones to have an button that calls campus authorities. Last month , an international markey research firm with executive offices inSan Antonio, Texas, gave Agilies its 2008 North American Producg Innovation Award for both its SmartCampus and SmartResponder both of which combine GPS technology with mobile phones.
In additioj to Huber, Agilis' other key executivesz includeGregory Winter, the chief operatinhg officer, and Naeem Bari, chief technologty officer. Both previously had workedx for broadband communication companyCequel III.