August 22nd, 2011

Erply Takes On Square And Intuit With NFC Enabled-Mobile Credit Card Reader For iOS

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Erply, a company that develops retail inventory management software, is taking on Square, Intuit and VeriFone today with a new mobile credit card reader for iOS devices. Erply’s credit card device connects to an iPad or iPhone and will transmit a customer’s encrypted credit card data to its own point of sale and inventory management software suite to process payments.

With the Erply’s… → Read More

November 17th, 2010

Proposed Food Safety Laws A Boon For Clean Tech Companies

Today, the senate voted to work on a bill called the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act that would, among other things, require food producers, facilities and distributors in the United States to evaluate hazards more rigorously, undergo more inspections each year and implement preventive measures to keep food pathogen-free.

Green tech companies that could benefit from higher standards for food… → Read More

June 30th, 2010

Tradeshift announces a raft of new partners, API opening up soon

Tradeshift, which has been described as the “Skype for invoicing”, has announced a raft of new partners in the SaaS accounting space, along with plans to open up its API to enable more third-parties to tie into its free invoicing system.

The launch partners who have had access to a beta version of Tradeshift’s API include: ERPLY (free ERP system), E-conomics (a SaaS accounting solution… → Read More

March 22nd, 2010

Erply: Skype of Business Software?

Erply, a business software firm, has raised $2 million in funding from Redpoint and Index Ventures, along with Marten Mickos, Zack Urlocker (both formerly of MySQL), Kenny van Zant (SolarWinds), Aydin Senkut, David McClure and the Accelerator Group.

The company, founded by Kristian Hiiemaa in Estonia, is the 2009 Seedcamp winner and is already profitable. Its client base is growing roughly 20%… → Read More