Erply

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

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]

History

In 2009, the company won Seedcamp, a European early stage investment program.[3][4][5]

In March 2010, they received $2 million in funding from Saul Klein (Index Ventures), Satish Dharmaraj (Redpoint Ventures), Dave McClure and Kenny van Zant.[6][7][8]

Description

The service was initially a retail payment solution for small to medium-sized businesses.[9] They have since expanded to larger box retailers, and provide systems for point of sales, inventory control, billing, and other retail-related technologies.[10] The service retails for $74 per month on average.[11]

In August 2011, the company released a mobile credit card reader for handheld devices like Apple iPads.[12][13]

Reception

Erply has been profiled in media publications such as The Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times and the BBC.[1][6][14] Erply as one of the top ten European startups to watch in 2011.[11][15]

References

  1. ^ a b 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 Archived 2012-01-04 at the Wayback Machine. Giga OM. August 23, 2011.
  3. ^ Butcher, Mike. Seedcamp announces its six winners for 2009. TechCrunch Europe. September 25, 2009.
  4. ^ And the winners are….Seedcamp congratulates the 2009 winning teams Archived 2012-01-02 at the Wayback Machine. Seedcamp. September 25, 2009.
  5. ^ Bunz, Mercedes. Eastern Europe takes over Seedcamp. The Guardian. September 25, 2009.
  6. ^ a b "A venture capitalist's European mission". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  7. ^ Cox, Mark. Erply aims to be Skype of business software market[permanent dead link‍]. eChannelLine. March 29, 2010.
  8. ^ "Estonian start-up Erply raises $2M from US and European VCs | Science|Business". sciencebusiness.net. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  9. ^ Erply POS Solution. Web Wholesaler Magazine. October 2011.
  10. ^ Features Archived 2011-12-25 at the Wayback Machine. Erply.com.
  11. ^ a b Rusli, Evelyn. Erply: Skype of Business Software?. TechCrunch. March 22, 2010.
  12. ^ King, Rachel. Erply takes on Square, Verifone with new mobile payment device. ZDNet. August 23, 2011.
  13. ^ Toor, Amar. ERPLY's mobile credit card reader handles NFC payments on an iPad, obliterates the check-out line. Engadget. August 23, 2011.
  14. ^ Graham, Fiona. Tablet time: Tablet computers take on the workplace. BBC News. March 21, 2011.
  15. ^ Finley, Klint. 5 Enterprise Startups to Watch in 2011 # 3: Erply Archived 2011-12-27 at the Wayback Machine. ReadWriteWeb. December 29, 2010.