Erply

Erply is an enterprise software company which provides cloud-based point of sale and inventory management technology.[1] It was founded in Estonia by Kristjan Hiiemaa in 2009.[2] As of 2010, the company has 2,000 users and 700 paid subscribers.[3]

Erply
Type of site
point of sale, inventory management
Available inEnglish
FoundedEstonia
OwnerKristjan Hiiemaa via Erply Limited
Industrysoftware
URLhttp://www.erply.com
CommercialYes
Launched2009
Current statusActive

History

In 2009, the company won Seedcamp, a European early stage investment program.[4][5][6]

In March 2010, they received $2 million in funding from Saul Klein (Index Ventures), Satish Dharmaraj (Redpoint Ventures), Dave McClure and Kenny van Zant.[3][7]

Description

The service was initially a retail payment solution for small to medium-sized businesses.[8] They have since expanded to larger box retailers, and provide systems for point of sales, inventory control, billing, and other retail-related technologies.[9] The service retails for $74 per month on average.[10]

In August 2011, the company released a mobile credit card reader for handheld mobile devices such as Apple iPads.[11][12]

Reception

Erply has been profiled in media publications such as The Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times and the BBC.[1][3][13] Erply as one of the top ten European startups to watch in 2011.[10][14]

References
  1. Yiannopoulos, Milo. Out of the Starting Blocks. The Wall Street Journal. December 8, 2010.
  2. Kim, Ryan. Card swipe dongle or NFC? Erply chooses both. Giga OM. August 23, 2011.
  3. Moules, Jonathan. A venture capitalist's European mission. Financial Times. April 24, 2010.
  4. Butcher, Mike. Seedcamp announces its six winners for 2009. TechCrunch Europe. September 25, 2009.
  5. And the winners are….Seedcamp congratulates the 2009 winning teams Archived 2012-01-02 at the Wayback Machine. Seedcamp. September 25, 2009.
  6. Bunz, Mercedes. Eastern Europe takes over Seedcamp. The Guardian. September 25, 2009.
  7. Cox, Mark. Erply aims to be Skype of business software market. eChannelLine. March 29, 2010.
  8. Erply POS Solution. Web Wholesaler Magazine. October 2011.
  9. Features. Erply.com.
  10. Rusli, Evelyn. Erply: Skype of Business Software?. TechCrunch. March 22, 2010.
  11. King, Rachel. Erply takes on Square, Verifone with new mobile payment device. ZDNet. August 23, 2011.
  12. Toor, Amar. ERPLY's mobile credit card reader handles NFC payments on an iPad, obliterates the check-out line. Engadget. August 23, 2011.
  13. Graham, Fiona. Tablet time: Tablet computers take on the workplace. BBC News. March 21, 2011.
  14. Finley, Klint. 5 Enterprise Startups to Watch in 2011 # 3: Erply Archived 2011-12-27 at the Wayback Machine. ReadWriteWeb. December 29, 2010.
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