Erply
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Type of site | point of sale, inventory management |
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| Available in | English |
| Founded | Estonia |
| Owner | Kristjan Hiiemaa via Erply Limited |
| Industry | software |
| URL | http://www.erply.com |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Launched | 2009 |
| Current status | Active |
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]
History
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ a b Yiannopoulos, Milo. Out of the Starting Blocks. The Wall Street Journal. December 8, 2010.
- ^ Kim, Ryan. Card swipe dongle or NFC? Erply chooses both Archived 2012-01-04 at the Wayback Machine. Giga OM. August 23, 2011.
- ^ a b c Moules, Jonathan. A venture capitalist's European mission. Financial Times. April 24, 2010.
- ^ Butcher, Mike. Seedcamp announces its six winners for 2009. TechCrunch Europe. September 25, 2009.
- ^ And the winners are….Seedcamp congratulates the 2009 winning teams Archived 2012-01-02 at the Wayback Machine. Seedcamp. September 25, 2009.
- ^ Bunz, Mercedes. Eastern Europe takes over Seedcamp. The Guardian. September 25, 2009.
- ^ Cox, Mark. Erply aims to be Skype of business software market[permanent dead link]. eChannelLine. March 29, 2010.
- ^ Erply POS Solution. Web Wholesaler Magazine. October 2011.
- ^ Features Archived 2011-12-25 at the Wayback Machine. Erply.com.
- ^ a b Rusli, Evelyn. Erply: Skype of Business Software?. TechCrunch. March 22, 2010.
- ^ King, Rachel. Erply takes on Square, Verifone with new mobile payment device. ZDNet. August 23, 2011.
- ^ Toor, Amar. ERPLY's mobile credit card reader handles NFC payments on an iPad, obliterates the check-out line. Engadget. August 23, 2011.
- ^ Graham, Fiona. Tablet time: Tablet computers take on the workplace. BBC News. March 21, 2011.
- ^ Finley, Klint. 5 Enterprise Startups to Watch in 2011 # 3: Erply Archived 2011-12-27 at the Wayback Machine. ReadWriteWeb. December 29, 2010.