What Entisoft does

Entisoft is a software development partnership registered in California and based in Los Angeles, founded in 1995 by John F. Kallie and Stephen J. Schmidt. The firm develops, markets, and supports a small portfolio of Microsoft-platform developer and productivity utilities, most notably the Entisoft Tools Visual Basic function library, the Pocket Tablet note-taking application for Pocket PC devices, and the Entisoft Units conversion utility. Its core technical positioning revolves around deep integration with the Microsoft Visual Basic IDE and a proprietary technology the firm has trademarked as SourceLink Technology, supported by what the company describes as 125,000+ lines of proprietary source code.

The firm's business model is a classic small-scale independent software vendor (ISV) approach: one-time perpetual software licenses priced between $9.95 and $399.95 per product, distributed both directly through the company website and via third-party channels such as the Handango mobile software marketplace. The firm has historically supplemented product revenue with consulting services focused on mobile enterprise solutions. Operations are small, with reported headcount in the 1-10 employee range across two named partners.

The available evidence dates entirely to the 1999-2005 period. The company website's copyright notice runs from 1999 to 2005, the most recent documented product release (Pocket Tablet Version 1.0) occurred in 2001, and one source explicitly flags that operating status cannot be confirmed as active based on the age of the materials. The underlying technology stack — Visual Basic 6.0 and Pocket PC — has since been end-of-life'd by Microsoft, which materially affects the firm's ability to serve its original market. There are no signals of recent funding, hiring, product launches, or geographic expansion.

Name

Entisoft

Legal name

Entisoft

Website

http://entisoft.com/

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Entisoft is a California software partnership that develops Visual Basic developer utilities, Pocket PC productivity applications, and unit-conversion tools, selling one-time licenses priced from $9.95 to $399.95 to individual developers and small businesses.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Software License Sales: One-time perpetual license sales for Entisoft Tools in Standard and Professional editions with per-developer pricing. Professional Edition includes full source code access.
2. Entisoft Units Sales: Measurement conversion calculator sold as one-time purchase for $39.95, providing Windows application and Office/VB function library
3. Pocket Tablet Software Sales: Drawing tablet utility for Pocket PC sold at $9.95 per license for desktop/handheld integration
4. Volume Licensing: Multi-seat licenses with tiered volume discounts reaching up to 75% off per-seat price for 100+ users, plus site licenses and academic discounts available

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Entisoft develops and sells Microsoft Visual Basic and Office developer productivity tools. Its core product, Entisoft Tools, is an ActiveX DLL delivering 1,500+ pre-built functions and data structures for string manipulation, financial, mathematical, statistical, and date/time calculations, available in Standard and Professional editions with full Visual Basic source code and exclusive SourceLink Technology. The company also sells Pocket Tablet, a Pocket PC drawing utility, Entisoft Units, a measurement conversion calculator and function library, and provides mobile enterprise consulting services.

Product overview

Entisoft offers a focused portfolio of Microsoft Visual Basic and Office development tools. The primary product is Entisoft Tools, available in two editions: Standard Edition (ActiveX DLL with royalty-free distribution license at $179) and Professional Edition (adds complete Visual Basic source code and exclusive SourceLink Technology at $399). Both editions provide over 1,500 functions covering string manipulation, mathematics, financial calculations, statistics, data structures, and more. A companion offering is Entisoft Units, a measurement conversion calculator also available as a function library for $39.95. Additionally, Entisoft offers Pocket Tablet, a $9.95 utility for Pocket PC devices that enables drawing tablet functionality when the device is cradled to a desktop PC.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Entisoft Tools: Visual Basic function library with 1,500+ functions and data structures for Microsoft Visual Basic and Office developers.
• Pocket Tablet
• Entisoft Units

Products and services

• Entisoft Tools A comprehensive function and data structure library for Microsoft Visual Basic and Office developers, delivered as a compiled ActiveX DLL containing over 1,500 functions covering string manipulation, text processing, financial, mathematical, date/time, statistical, and data structure programming. Available in Standard Edition (royalty-free distribution, no source code) and Professional Edition (adds complete Visual Basic source code and exclusive SourceLink Technology). Distributed with a royalty-free runtime license for inclusion in customer applications.
• Pocket Tablet A utility application for Pocket PC devices that enables the device to function as an active pen tablet with visual feedback while cradled to a desktop PC. Supports handwriting recognition in Microsoft Office/XP, allows pen-based drawing instead of mouse input, and enables desktop or notebook control via natural pen motions.
• Entisoft Units A measurement conversion calculator for Microsoft Windows that also functions as a function library for Microsoft Office and Visual Basic. Includes extensive unit definitions and conversion capabilities, with a downloadable shareware version, a mini version, and a web-based version available through ConvertIt.com.
• Mobile Enterprise Consulting Services Professional services offering that provides mobile and wireless enterprise application development, custom web and wireless services, and consumer software product development for clients seeking to mobilize business processes via smart information appliances.

Quantifiable outcome

• Significantly boosted programming productivity reported by customers with previous version
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• MicrosoftcoreTechnology or IntegrationDeep technology partnership providing integration with Microsoft Visual Basic IDE, Object Browser, Windows Help, IntelliSense Technology, and Microsoft Office products (Word, Access, Excel, Outlook, Project). Product certified as Microsoft BackOffice compatible and works with Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS).

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• GrapeCity (ComponentOne): GrapeCity's ComponentOne is one of the longest-running vendors of pre-built ActiveX, .NET, and JavaScript component libraries for Visual Basic and Office developers — directly comparable to Entisoft Tools' function-and-data-structure library model.
• Infragistics (now Slingshot/Ignite UI): Infragistics provides UI controls and developer component suites for .NET, originally with strong VB/ActiveX roots — a similar commercial positioning as Entisoft's library-for-VB-developers model.
• Syncfusion: Syncfusion offers a large suite of pre-built controls, frameworks, and utility libraries for .NET/JavaScript developers — the modern equivalent of Entisoft's productivity-library play for VB developers.
• Dart Communications (now /n software): /n software (formerly Dart Communications) sells PowerTCP and other component libraries for Visual Basic and .NET developers — historically a direct competitor to Entisoft in the ActiveX/VB6 component market.
• FarPoint Technologies (GrapeCity): FarPoint (now part of GrapeCity) historically provided spreadsheet, grid, and input controls for VB6 and ActiveX developers — directly comparable to Entisoft's library-for-VB-developers value proposition.

Broad incumbents

• Telerik (Progress Software): Telerik sells broad developer component suites across .NET, web, and mobile stacks. Comparable to Entisoft in targeting professional developers with productivity libraries, though Telerik operates at much larger scale and a broader modern stack.
• Microsoft (Visual Studio / Office Developer Tools): Microsoft provides the underlying Visual Basic IDE and Office developer platform that Entisoft integrates with and extends. As the platform owner, Microsoft is both Entisoft's core partner and the most strategic incumbent against which any third-party VB tooling must compete.

Emerging players

• Aspose: Aspose provides file-format and document-processing APIs/SDKs that developers embed into .NET, Java, and other applications — comparable to Entisoft Units' function-library model but for modern cross-platform developer use cases.
• Xceed Software: Xceed sells UI controls, data grids, and compression/encryption component libraries for .NET and WPF, with roots in the ActiveX era — comparable to Entisoft Tools' developer-tooling positioning.
• Actipro Software: Actipro provides WPF/WinForms/.NET UI and syntax-editor controls for professional developers — a niche developer-tooling vendor in the same category as Entisoft, though focused on a more modern stack.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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