Y Soft

Y Soft is a privately held Czech technology company headquartered in Brno. Founded in 2000 by Václav Muchna and Martin de Martini, it developed from a university-related student project into a multinational provider of enterprise print-management and document-capture technology. The company serves organizations that need to control, secure, account for, and automate printing and document workflows across office, education, healthcare, government, and other institutional environments. Its principal product family is YSoft SAFEQ. The platform supports print-release workflows, user authentication, copying, faxing, scanning, document capture, cloud printing, and workflow automation. It can be deployed on premises, in hybrid environments, or through cloud services. Y Soft also develops associated hardware, including card readers, print terminals, and gateway equipment, allowing organizations to connect printers and multifunction devices to controlled print environments. This combination of software and purpose-built hardware is central to the company’s historical market proposition. Y Soft expanded internationally through offices, acquisitions, partnerships, and product development. Its first international expansion was into Hungary. In 2008, the acquisition of XpertImage supported the formation of Y Soft North America and contributed to further international development, including operations in Japan and Israel. The company subsequently established a presence in Australia and the United Arab Emirates, and later opened offices in the United Kingdom, China, Denmark, and other markets. Public descriptions of the company identify operations in 21 countries, including offices in France, Denmark, Israel, the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates, the United States, Japan, Singapore, Australia, and China. Y Soft has also pursued adjacent technology activities. In 2014 it established Y Soft Ventures, an in-house venture arm intended to support Central European entrepreneurs with investment and business assistance. The company later invested in and acquired Czech 3D-printing business BE3D. That relationship produced YSoft BE3D eDee, a 3D printer combined with SAFEQ-based print management, workflow controls, and accounting functions. Y Soft also created YSoft Labs, an internal innovation center working on artificial intelligence, robotics, business processes, and future 3D-printing applications. The company broadened its software model during the 2010s, including subscription-based print management and document capture. Its acquisition of Danish cloud-print specialist EveryonePrint in 2022 strengthened its cloud strategy and added Copenhagen to its office network. Software from that acquisition contributed to the SAFEQ Cloud and SAFEQ Managed services. In 2025, Y Soft presented SAFEQ Cloud as a broader product family, distinguishing SAFEQ Cloud Breeze for cloud-oriented environments from SAFEQ Cloud Pro for hybrid infrastructures. Beyond print management, Y Soft has developed products such as Clerbo, which evolved from document management and process support into an employee-lifecycle and learning-experience platform. It has also developed AIVA, first introduced as an automated testing system for physical touchscreen devices using robotics, cameras, computer vision, and machine learning. Later plans described AIVA as a public cloud service for visually testing web applications. Overall, Y Soft’s positioning combines enterprise workflow software, controlled printing, document digitization, specialized device hardware, and applied automation technologies.

Y Soft began in 2000 in Brno, Czech Republic, when Václav Muchna and Martin de Martini developed the company out of a student project associated with Masaryk University. Muchna left university and started the business shortly after his twentieth birthday. The company initially concentrated on software for managing organizational printing and gradually developed a broader portfolio covering document capture, workflow automation, device integration, and printing accountability. Its first international step was an office in Hungary. In 2008, Y Soft acquired XpertImage. That transaction supported the establishment of Y Soft North America in Grapevine, Texas, and formed part of a wider international expansion that included offices and operations in Japan and Israel. In 2012, the company obtained a United States patent concerning scalable cloud processing of files. In 2013, it expanded into Australia through the acquisition of Equitrac Systems and opened an office in Dubai. Y Soft diversified its corporate activities in 2014 by creating Y Soft Ventures, an internal investment and support organization aimed at Central European entrepreneurs. During the same period, it invested in and subsequently acquired Czech 3D-printer manufacturer BE3D. The resulting cooperation combined BE3D hardware with YSoft SAFEQ software. One notable outcome was YSoft BE3D eDee, a managed 3D-printing system incorporating print authorization, workflow management, and usage accounting. In 2015, Y Soft began supplying print-management and document-capture capabilities through subscription arrangements, marking a move toward software as a service. In 2016, it created YSoft Labs to investigate artificial intelligence, robotics, business processes, and future 3D-printing applications. The company released YSoft SAFEQ 6 as a platform during the same year and joined the Mopria Alliance. In 2017, SAFEQ became a Mopria-certified enterprise print server for Android mobile printing. Y Soft also opened offices in the United Kingdom and China and moved its manufacturing operation to larger premises. The company continued to work beyond conventional print management. Clerbo, introduced as a document-management and process application, developed into an employee-lifecycle and learning-experience platform supporting preboarding, onboarding, learning and development, and offboarding. In 2019, Y Soft launched BE3D Academy, an educational component of its 3D-printing platform that supplied teachers with 3D-printing resources. Y Soft strengthened its cloud-print strategy in 2022 through the acquisition of Danish company EveryonePrint. The deal brought the EveryonePrint technology into Y Soft’s portfolio, added a Copenhagen office, and was followed by the SAFEQ Cloud and SAFEQ Managed subscription services. Former EveryonePrint chief executive Tavs Dalaa became Y Soft’s chief technology officer. Also in 2022, YSoft Labs introduced AIVA, an automated testing system for physical touchscreen devices based on robotic movement, cameras, computer vision, and machine learning. In 2025, Y Soft reorganized the presentation of its cloud-print products under the SAFEQ Cloud family. SAFEQ Cloud Breeze was aimed at cloud environments, while SAFEQ Cloud Pro addressed hybrid deployments. The company also introduced the MFX4 generation of card readers, including Reader, Mobile, Lite, and Ultimate variants. A later product direction described AIVA as a public cloud service for visually testing web applications, preserving its emphasis on evaluating interfaces through visual interaction rather than inspecting application source code. Y Soft is headquartered in Brno and has been described as operating in 21 countries. Its international network has included offices in Europe, North America, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia. The company has also participated in Czech-American business representation, serving on the board of the United States Chamber of Commerce in the Czech Republic since 2020; a company representative was reported as a board member from 2020 to 2022 and vice president from 2022.

• 2025

  SAFEQ Cloud family and MFX4 launch

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  Y Soft presents SAFEQ Cloud Breeze, SAFEQ Cloud Pro, and a new generation of MFX4 card readers.

• 2022

  EveryonePrint is acquired

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  The Danish cloud-print company joins Y Soft, strengthening its cloud portfolio and adding Copenhagen operations.

• 2019

  BE3D Academy launches

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  Y Soft introduces an education-focused 3D-printing resource platform for teachers.

• 2016

  YSoft Labs and SAFEQ 6

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  Y Soft establishes its innovation center and introduces SAFEQ 6 as a platform release.

• 2015

  Subscription services begin

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  Y Soft starts offering print management and document capture through a SaaS subscription model.

• 2014

  Y Soft Ventures is established

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  The company creates an in-house venture arm for Central European startup investment and support.

• 2014

  BE3D investment and acquisition

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  Y Soft invests in and later fully acquires Czech 3D-printer company BE3D.

• 2013

  Expansion into Australia and Dubai

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  Y Soft acquires Equitrac Systems and establishes an office in Dubai.

• 2012

  Cloud-processing patent is granted

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  The company files and receives a United States patent for scalable processing of files in the cloud.

• 2008

  XpertImage acquisition supports North American expansion

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  Y Soft acquires XpertImage and establishes Y Soft North America in Grapevine, Texas.

• 2000

  Y Soft is founded in Brno

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  Václav Muchna and Martin de Martini establish Y Soft from a student project associated with Masaryk University.

Y Soft positions itself as an enterprise technology provider combining print management, document workflows, cloud services, device integration, and specialized hardware. Its offering emphasizes secure and accountable printing, hybrid deployment flexibility, workflow automation, and operational control across distributed organizations.

• Enterprise print management and document workflow platform

  YSoft SAFEQ

  YSoft SAFEQ is Y Soft’s core platform for managing office, institutional, and selected 3D-printing environments. It supports secure pull printing, user authentication, print accounting, copying, faxing, scanning, document capture, cloud printing, and workflow automation. Deployments can be configured on premises or in hybrid environments, allowing organizations to connect heterogeneous printer fleets while applying centralized policies and tracking usage.

• Cloud print management service · 2025

  SAFEQ Cloud Breeze

  SAFEQ Cloud Breeze is the cloud-oriented member of Y Soft’s relaunch of the SAFEQ Cloud family. It is designed for organizations seeking cloud-based printing capabilities without relying on a primarily on-premises architecture. The service extends Y Soft’s subscription model and is intended to support centralized print control and cloud-connected workflows.

• Hybrid cloud print management service · 2025

  SAFEQ Cloud Pro

  SAFEQ Cloud Pro is positioned for hybrid infrastructures in which cloud services must work alongside local systems, devices, or organizational controls. It gives Y Soft a product aimed at customers transitioning from traditional server-based print management to a mixed deployment model while retaining centralized policy, authentication, workflow, and accounting capabilities.

• Managed 3D-printing system

  YSoft BE3D eDee

  YSoft BE3D eDee combines a BE3D printer with SAFEQ-based management features. The system was designed for controlled educational and organizational 3D printing, adding user authentication, workflow management, and accounting to the physical printer. Its purpose was to make 3D printing more governable in environments where usage records, access controls, and repeatable processes are important.

• Print-management hardware · 2025

  MFX4 card-reader family

  The MFX4 generation consists of MFX4 Reader, MFX4 Mobile, MFX4 Lite, and MFX4 Ultimate variants. These devices are part of Y Soft’s hardware layer for authenticating users and connecting multifunction printers or other equipment to managed print environments. The range allows the company to address different deployment, mobility, and device-integration requirements.

• Employee lifecycle and learning software · 2016

  Clerbo

  Clerbo began as a document-management and process-support application and evolved into an employee-lifecycle tool and learning-experience platform. Its described scope includes preboarding, onboarding, learning and development, and offboarding. The product illustrates Y Soft’s expansion from document and print workflows into broader organizational process software.

• Automated testing technology · 2022

  AIVA

  AIVA was initially developed by YSoft Labs to automate testing of physical touchscreen devices. It uses a robotic arm, camera, computer vision, and machine learning to interact with and evaluate user interfaces. A later direction described AIVA as a public cloud service for visually testing web applications, retaining the principle of assessing interfaces through visible interaction rather than examining underlying code.

• 2025

  SAFEQ Cloud portfolio relaunchGeneration change

  Background

  Y Soft continued shifting from its historically hardware-centered approach toward cloud and hybrid service delivery.

  Action taken

  The company relaunched SAFEQ Cloud as SAFEQ Cloud Breeze for cloud environments and SAFEQ Cloud Pro for hybrid environments.

  Aftermath

  The new naming and segmentation clarified Y Soft’s cloud deployment options while preserving links to the broader SAFEQ platform.

  Source

• 2022

  Acquisition of EveryonePrintM&A

  Background

  Y Soft aimed to strengthen its cloud-printing capabilities and expand its subscription portfolio.

  Action taken

  It acquired Danish cloud-print company EveryonePrint and incorporated its technology into Y Soft’s offering.

  Aftermath

  Y Soft added a Copenhagen office, launched SAFEQ Cloud and SAFEQ Managed services, and appointed former EveryonePrint chief executive Tavs Dalaa as chief technology officer.

  Source

• 2015

  Move toward software subscriptionsStrategy

  Background

  Enterprise software customers were increasingly adopting recurring-service and cloud delivery models.

  Action taken

  Y Soft began offering print management and document capture through SaaS subscriptions.

  Aftermath

  The shift created a foundation for later cloud-print services and the subsequent SAFEQ Cloud product family.

  Source

• 2014

  Diversification into 3D printing through BE3DM&A

  Background

  Y Soft sought to extend its print-management expertise into 3D printing and invested in Czech manufacturer BE3D.

  Action taken

  It took a stake in BE3D and later completed a full acquisition, integrating the company’s hardware with SAFEQ capabilities.

  Aftermath

  The partnership produced YSoft BE3D eDee, a managed 3D-printing system with workflow and accounting functions.

  Source

• 2025

  SAFEQ Cloud is relaunched as a two-product family[1]Y Soften.wikipedia.org

  Product launch · Product generation

  Y Soft relaunched its cloud-print portfolio as SAFEQ Cloud Breeze for cloud environments and SAFEQ Cloud Pro for hybrid deployments.

• 2025

  Y Soft introduces the MFX4 card-reader generation[1]Y Soften.wikipedia.org

  Product launch · Product generation

  The company launched MFX4 Reader, MFX4 Mobile, MFX4 Lite, and MFX4 Ultimate hardware variants.

• 2022

  Y Soft acquires EveryonePrint[1]Y Soften.wikipedia.org

  M&A

  The acquisition of Danish cloud-print company EveryonePrint expanded Y Soft’s cloud capabilities and added operations in Copenhagen.

• 2022

  Y Soft launches AIVA for automated physical-device testing[1]Y Soften.wikipedia.org

  Product launch

  YSoft Labs developed AIVA, which combines a robotic arm, camera, computer vision, and machine learning to test touchscreen devices.

• 2017

  YSoft SAFEQ becomes a Mopria-certified enterprise print server[1]Y Soften.wikipedia.org

  Product launch

  SAFEQ was identified as a Mopria-certified enterprise print server for printing from Android mobile applications.

• 2016

  YSoft SAFEQ 6 becomes a platform release[1]Y Soften.wikipedia.org

  Product generation

  Y Soft introduced version 6 of SAFEQ as a broader platform for print management and document workflows.

• 2016

  Y Soft joins the Mopria Alliance[1]Y Soften.wikipedia.org

  Other

  The company joined the Mopria Alliance, supporting interoperability for mobile printing technologies.

• 2015

  Y Soft introduces subscription-based print and document services[1]Y Soften.wikipedia.org

  Product launch

  The company began offering print management and document capture through a subscription software model.

• 2014

  Y Soft establishes Y Soft Ventures[1]Y Soften.wikipedia.org

  Other

  The company created an internal venture arm to provide financial and business support to Central European startups.

• 2014

  Y Soft expands into managed 3D printing through BE3D[1]Y Soften.wikipedia.org

  M&A

  Y Soft invested in and later acquired Czech 3D-printer company BE3D, extending its portfolio beyond conventional office printing.

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