usa website www.airclic.com airclic is a web based software and mobile information services company founded in 2000 . airclic offers fully hosted solutions including a workflow based mobile application framework . 1 contents 1 history 1.1 funding 1.2 management 2 products 3 references 4 external links history edit airclic was founded in 2000 . the company has gone through several shifts in strategic direction . it originally planned to use its technology to enable consumers with specially equipped mobile phones and handheld devices to scan bar codes in print ads and posters to get information and make purchases . its proprietary bar codes were called scanlets . in its early days the company announced ambitious partnerships with a variety of companies . at one point motorola symbol technologies connect things and airclic announced they would invest 500 million to form a new company that will drive e commerce growth through one scan access to the internet . 2 a partnership with r.r. donnelly & sons announced in june 2001 was to incorporate airclic technology into phone books . 3 another involving hometowngrocers.com february 2002 would have let grocery store customers use personal scanners to create grocery lists and download nutritional information about food products . 4 after the internet bubble burst the company regrouped gradually shifting to its current focus on automating mobile and field processes for businesses . its solutions still rely on bar codes and scanner equipped mobile phones . philadelphia business journal reports that airclic has grown its revenue tenfold over the past three years from 1 million in 2004 to nearly 10 million last year 2007 . 5 until early 2010 the company was headquartered in trevose pennsylvania with operations in bloomington minnesota . with the appointment of rick pontin as ceo in april 2010 the bloomington office was closed and all operations were relocated to the headquarters location . on july 13 2010 airclic announced it had merged with airversent an 8.1 million company based in owings mills maryland . the baltimore sun reported the merger would create a profitable company with revenue of 22 million a year . 6 on november 20 2014 airclic announced that it was acquired by descartes systems group tsx dsg for 29.7 mm 7 funding edit it is unclear how much funding privately owned airclic has received over the years but news accounts and the company s own communications would seem to put the figure at at least 340 million march 2000 1st round 15 million from blue capital management edgewater private investors and forrest binkley and brown 8 january 2001 2nd round 290 million from a group of investors including motorola ericsson business innovation ab symbol technologies inc. and a private investor group led by goldman sachs 9 june 2005 2 million zon capital partners 10 march 2006 2.86 million motorola zon capital partners and others 11 february 2007 12.5 million jmi equity motorola and zon capital partners 12 june 2010 17.97 million crestview partners jmi equity new venture partners zon capital partners and a handful of officers and board members . 13 14 the company also announced an investment in november 2004 from motorola and several individual investors . 15 the amount was not disclosed . management edit airclic has had a series of management shakeups since its founding . in march 2000 it announced a management coup 16 in the appointment of david klatt as ceo and patrick robinson as cfo . both were former black & decker corp. executives . airclic s chairman at the time was co founder peter ritz . in august the company announced the appointment of a stellar management team nine people in all . 17 months later klatt was lured away to become president of rubbermaid . wireless week announced airclic had hit the management jackpot when former american express ceo harvey golub was named chairman and phillip reise the former president of the american express consumer card services group was named ceo . 18 also in january 2001 suren gupta an it executive at gmac residential was appointed head of global operation and information services . 19 tim bradley a former sales executive with cognos and adaytum was named ceo in march 2005 . 20 several other cognos and adaytum alumni filled out the management and sales ranks until another round of management changes in early 2010 . in april 2010 the company announced the appointment of rick pontin as ceo . previously pontin was executive chairman of tangoe and ceo of its predecessor company traq wireless . products edit like its management team airclic s product lineup has undergone numerous transformations over the years . the company s current product line is called perform . references edit luna lynnette april 2008 . the view from 30 000 feet . mobile enterprise . edgell communications . motorola symbol technologies connect things and airclic form new company to drive the growth of e commerce through one scan ac symbol technologies r.r. donnelley forms interactive media partnership with airclic ; agreement enables directory publishers to create interactive print advertisements . marketing & advertising ... internetretailer.com daily news for wednesday february 6 2002 philadelphia business journal friday september 26 2008 . http weblogs.baltimoresun.com news technology 2010 07 post 2.html airclic acquired by descartes systems group . airclic . 20 november 2014 . airclic hits funding management jackpot news updates 6 march 2001 airclic mobile business process solutions press release airclic mobile business process solutions press release airclic mobile business process solutions press release http philly.citybizlist.com yourcitybiznews detail.aspx id 84704 http sec.gov archives edgar data 1131520 000113152010000004 xslformdx01 primary doc.xml airclic mobile business process solutions press release 13 ai 60066480 airclic unveils revolutionary technology and announces leadership coup check url value help . business wire . 2000 03 13 . 2 ai 63814723 following its partnership with motorola symbol technologies and ericsson s connect things airclic continues to drive mobile commerce industry check url value help . business wire . 2000 08 02 . airclic hits funding management jackpot wireless week january 2001 9 ai 68912202 gm senior executive to head operations and information services for airclic check url value help . business wire . 2001 01 09 . airclic mobile business process solutions press release external links edit airclic website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title airclic & oldid 735666997 categories software companies based in pennsylvaniainternet companiescompanies established in 2000hidden categories pages with url errorsarticles with inconsistent citation formats navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured 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