Erply is an enterprise software company which provides cloud-based point of sale and inventory management technology.Yiannopoulos, Milo. Out of the Starting Blocks. The Wall Street Journal. December 8, 2010. It was founded in Estonia by Kristjan Hiiemaa in 2009.Kim, Ryan. Card swipe dongle or NFC? Erply chooses both . Giga OM. August 23, 2011.
History In 2009, the company won Seedcamp, a European early stage investment program.Butcher, Mike. Seedcamp announces its six winners for 2009. TechCrunch Europe. September 25, 2009.And the winners are….Seedcamp congratulates the 2009 winning teams . Seedcamp. September 25, 2009.Bunz, Mercedes. Eastern Europe takes over Seedcamp. The Guardian. September 25, 2009.
In March 2010, they received $2 million in funding from Saul Klein (Index Ventures), Satish Dharmaraj (Redpoint Ventures), Dave McClure and Kenny van Zant.Cox, Mark. Erply aims to be Skype of business software market. eChannelLine. March 29, 2010.
Description The service was initially a retail payment solution for small to medium-sized businesses.Erply POS Solution. Web Wholesaler Magazine. October 2011. They have since expanded to larger box retailers, and provide systems for point of sales, inventory control, billing, and other retail-related technologies.Features . Erply.com. The service retails for $74 per month on average.Rusli, Evelyn. Erply: Skype of Business Software?. TechCrunch. March 22, 2010.
In August 2011, the company released a mobile credit card reader for handheld devices like Apple iPads.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.
Reception Erply has been profiled in media publications such as The Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times and the BBC.Graham, Fiona. Tablet time: Tablet computers take on the workplace. BBC News. March 21, 2011. Erply as one of the top ten European startups to watch in 2011.Finley, Klint. 5 Enterprise Startups to Watch in 2011 # 3: Erply . ReadWriteWeb. December 29, 2010.
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External links Erply.com