The company provides scheduling software that alerts nurses, working mostly in long-term care facilities, about open shifts and schedule changes. The company received its latest funding from Early Stage Partners and Glengary, which completes a Series A fund-raise of $1.9 million, Chief Executive Officer Mark Woodka said.

In a new wrinkle, StaffKnex will blast text messages to nurses’ phones, asking to fill open shifts. Ideally, nurses take the shifts by responding to the text messages. But will they be receptive? The company hopes to be venture-capital ready by 2010.