Our Story

We're on a mission to make every handshake count.

TAPLY started with a simple frustration: thousands of business cards exchanged, almost none turning into real conversations. We're fixing that — one tap at a time.

10,000+
Smart cards activated
More leads captured vs. paper
12
Countries with active users
4.9 / 5
Average user rating
How it started

A simple frustration at a networking event.

In late 2024, our founder attended a sales conference in Dhaka, came home with 47 paper business cards, and a week later had followed up with exactly… 3 of them. The rest? Buried in a drawer. Unreadable handwriting. Outdated numbers. Phantom contacts.

He realized the problem wasn't him — it was the medium. Paper cards are a 17th-century solution for a 21st-century problem. Sales teams across the country were quietly leaking pipeline every single week.

A few months later, TAPLY was born: one smart card, one digital profile, and one tap to share everything. Today, thousands of agents, founders and sales pros use it to turn handshakes into tracked, follow-up-ready leads.

"If your income depends on people remembering you after they meet you, you can't afford to give them a card they'll throw out by Friday."

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Ariful Rahman

Founder & CEO, TAPLY

What drives us

Our mission & vision

We believe every conversation should be able to turn into a real opportunity — without paper, without typos, without lost contacts.

Our Mission

To replace the paper business card with a smarter, greener, more profitable alternative — and put a measurable lead-generation tool into the hands of every modern professional.

Our Vision

A world where every handshake is captured, every follow-up happens on time, and every professional carries their full pitch in their pocket — not a stack of paper that ends up in the bin.

Our values

The principles behind every line of code

Small team, strong opinions. Here's what guides every product decision we make.

Speed beats polish

If a feature gets a user to their first lead faster, it ships. Beauty matters, but conversion matters more.

Customers, not metrics

We talk to real users every week. Dashboards lie sometimes; a 20-minute call with a real estate agent never does.

Privacy is non-negotiable

Your contacts are yours. We don't sell data. We don't mine leads. We just give you the tools to own your network.

Less is more (sustainable, too)

Fewer printed cards, less waste, longer-lasting tools. Every NFC card we sell replaces ~500 paper ones.

Built for the real world

Designed in Dhaka, tested with real sales teams. Pricing, language and workflow that work for emerging markets — not just Silicon Valley.

Ship, learn, repeat

We release every 2 weeks. Listen, adjust, ship again. Boring software dies — useful software keeps evolving.

Our journey

From idea to thousands of users

A short timeline of how TAPLY went from "this could work" to a platform trusted across 12 countries.

Late 2024

The idea

Our founder leaves a networking event with 47 cards and a question: "Why is the way we exchange contacts still stuck in 1985?"

Jan 2025

First prototype

A scrappy Laravel app and 50 NFC cards mailed to friends in real estate and sales. Early feedback: "I want this for my whole team."

May 2025

Public beta

TAPLY opens to the public with 3 plans, team accounts, and lead capture. 1,000+ users in the first 60 days.

Sep 2025

Expanding beyond Bangladesh

Users in 12 countries, from real estate agents in Dubai to startup founders in Singapore. Localized pricing rolls out.

Today

10,000+ smart cards activated

10K+ activated cards, 4.9/5 average rating, and a roadmap full of features built directly from user requests.

The team

Small team. Big ambition.

We're a tight crew of builders, designers and sales nerds — and we're hiring.

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Ariful Rahman

Founder & CEO
SA

Sadia Ahmed

Head of Product
TI

Tanvir Islam

Lead Engineer
NK

Nusrat Khan

Head of Growth
Trusted across
Real Estate Sales Teams Insurance Freelancers Agencies Startups

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