Document Command [now Earth Class Mail] Closes $2.84 Million Funding Round

Remote Control Mail [now Earth Class Mail] Allows Customers to Access Postal Mail – Online

SEATTLE -- February 22, 2007 -- Document Command [now Earth Class Mail] has closed a $2.84 million convertible note financing round. Document Command’s [now Earth Class Mail] product, Remote Control Mail™ [now Earth Class Mail] online postal mail, allows people to access their postal mail – online – from anywhere in the world.

“Remotecontrolmail.com [now www.earthclassmail.com] is changing the way people receive their postal mail, much like mobile phones did for telephone calls,” said Ron Wiener, founder and CEO of Document Command [now Earth Class Mail]. Customers are notified when new mail has entered the system, and the Web-based interface functions like familiar Web-based e-mail.

The majority of this current financing is from members of the Keiretsu Forum and corporate strategic partners. “We expect to use the proceeds of the current round to extend our capacity and capabilities through a variety of sales channel and production outsourcing partnerships,” said Wiener. The notes are expected to convert into a Series A round in Q2 2007 when the company anticipates raising an additional $10 million.

"Keiretsu Forum Angels appreciate companies such as Document Command [now Earth Class Mail] that not only ease the pain in a particular industry, but also improve the quality-of-life for our world community," said Randy Williams, Founder and CEO of Keiretsu Forum.

The current funding will enable the company to accelerate the roll-out of its services to waiting customers including Fortune 1000 companies, government agencies, and national post offices. The company's popular Remote Control Mail™ [now Earth Class Mail] service is already in use by businesses and individuals in more than 80 countries.

The Remote Control Mail [now Earth Class Mail] service gives customers ranging from road warriors and RVers to mobile employees and accounting departments online access to their postal mail, from anywhere in the world, at any time. Remote Control Mail [now Earth Class Mail] receives the mail each day, scans the outside of the sealed envelopes and presents this image to the customer online. The customer then determines whether to have the mail opened and scanned, shredded, recycled, transferred elsewhere, or forward-shipped. Much as people manage their mobile phones and emails – the system is convenient, fast, and cost-effective. Mail addressed to specific departments or account numbers can also be automatically opened and scanned, as in the case of remittance processing where checks are extracted and electronically deposited for real-time access to funds.

About Document Command, Inc. [now Earth Class Mail]
Document Command [now Earth Class Mail] gives customers the ability to access individually-addressed postal mail online – as easily as email – from anywhere in the world. The service also manages standardized process mail, such as claim forms, invoices, and checks, even more efficiently and cost-effectively. Remote Control Mail [now Earth Class Mail] (www.earthclassmail.com) online postal mail may be used by individuals, small-to-medium sized businesses, and enterprises alike. The company also connects a network of mail presort bureaus in major cities to provide local mail pickup, sorting, and document scanning services. Founded in 2004, Document Command [now Earth Class Mail] operates a 60,000 sq ft mail processing and document archival center in Beaverton, Oregon, and the company headquarters is located in Seattle, Washington.


 

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