About us

Karpet AB was founded in 2009 as a telecommunications consultancy. We at Karpet realized early on that there was an obvious gap in the mobile time tracking solutions available at the time. At that time, mobile services were based on SMS. Nothing wrong with that but the problem was that users could report time without being in the right place. For the classic punch clocks, this was not a problem as they were screwed to the entrance of the workplace. With our telecom experience, we knew there was a solution to the problem and we immediately saw the business case. So we decided to invest our own time, energy and money to create Nuba.

We immediately realized that to succeed we needed to create a solution that was easy to use. If the solution is complicated, it is easy to make mistakes and the most important thing is that the system shows real times with the right number of hours worked.

In 2012, we launched Nuba. It started as an SMS service, as not everyone had a smartphone. Pretty soon we created our first version of the app. Nowadays, positioning via SMS is no longer allowed due to the GDPR. The option to report time via SMS remains, but now without the ability to include location.
Staff ledger and time clock in a single click.

As early as 2013, we integrated staff ledger functionality into Nuba. It was a natural fit because it allows our customers to meet the staff ledger requirement and include worked hours with just one click. The advantage of combining time reporting with the staff ledger is that the ledger is accurate since users are incentivized to get paid for worked hours, helping our customers avoid tax authority fees during inspections. Our staff ledger works regardless of industry. For the construction industry, it functions slightly differently because there is a requirement for an electronic staff ledger with a workplace ID.