Company:Erply

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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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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. ↑ 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 . Seedcamp. September 25, 2009.
  5. ↑ Bunz, Mercedes. Eastern Europe takes over Seedcamp. The Guardian. September 25, 2009.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "A venture capitalist’s European mission" (in en-GB). https://www.ft.com/content/4b7adb9a-4c1e-11df-a217-00144feab49a. 
  7. ↑ Cox, Mark. Erply aims to be Skype of business software market . eChannelLine. March 29, 2010.
  8. ↑ "Estonian start-up Erply raises $2M from US and European VCs | Science|Business" (in en). https://sciencebusiness.net/news/68309/Estonian-start-up-Erply-raises-$2M-from-US-and-European-VCs. 
  9. ↑ Erply POS Solution. Web Wholesaler Magazine. October 2011.
  10. ↑ Features . Erply.com.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 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 . ReadWriteWeb. December 29, 2010.