Erply is an
enterprise software company which provides cloud-based
point of sale
The point of sale (POS) or point of purchase (POP) is the time and place at which a retail transaction is completed. At the point of sale, the merchant calculates the amount owed by the customer, indicates that amount, may prepare an invoice f ...
and inventory management technology.
[Yiannopoulos, Milo]
Out of the Starting Blocks
''The Wall Street Journal''. December 8, 2010. It was founded in
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...
by Kristjan Hiiemaa in 2009.
[Kim, Ryan]
Card swipe dongle or NFC? Erply chooses both
''Giga OM''. August 23, 2011. As of 2010, the company has 2,000 users and 700 paid subscribers.
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.[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
Index Ventures is a European venture capital firm with dual headquarters in San Francisco and London, investing in technology-enabled companies with a focus on e-commerce, fintech, mobility, gaming, infrastructure/ AI, and security. Since its f ...
),
Satish Dharmaraj
Satish Dharmaraj is an American entrepreneur, speaker, angel investor and venture capitalist, who currently serves as a general partner with Redpoint Ventures. In 2021, he waplaced#6 on the Midas List, Forbes Midas List of top 100 Venture Capital i ...
(
Redpoint Ventures),
Dave McClure and Kenny van Zant.
[Moules, Jonathan]
A venture capitalist's European mission
''Financial Times''. April 24, 2010.
Description
The service was initially a retail payment solution for small to medium-sized businesses.
''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. 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 mobile devices such as
Apple iPads.
[King, Rachel]
Erply takes on Square, Verifone with new mobile payment device
''ZDNet''. August 23, 2011.
Reception
Erply has been profiled in media publications such as ''
The Wall Street Journal
''The Wall Street Journal'' is an American business-focused, international daily newspaper based in New York City, with international editions also available in Chinese and Japanese. The ''Journal'', along with its Asian editions, is published ...
'', the ''
Financial Times
The ''Financial Times'' (''FT'') is a British daily newspaper printed in broadsheet and published digitally that focuses on business and economic current affairs. Based in London, England, the paper is owned by a Japanese holding company, Nik ...
'' and the
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[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.
References
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External links
Erply.com
Companies based in San Francisco
Internet in Estonia
Enterprise application integration
Point of sale companies
Business software
Retail point of sale systems