Hanging by a thread, Jolla completed the $ 12 million c round financing-Jolla, swordfish system-IT information
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May 4 morning news, mobile operating system developer Jolla has just completed a $ 12 million in c round of financing, the company has developed a "swordfish" (Sailfish) system to hopes to compete with Google Android, allowing OEM vendors according to their own needs to customize the platform.
Jolla swordfish system derived from Nokia MeeGo system developed. Nokia announced the switch to Windows after the camp, the startup continues to advance the MeeGo development. But last November, Jolla got into trouble by failing to complete the c round of funding and was forced to lay off half. The company also launched a debt restructuring program.
Jolla said, the company has stopped debt restructuring, and $ 12 million in c round of funding would be enough to help support till the end.
The startup had received by the end of this round of financing last year, the first investment intentions, but they did not disclose the amount of money at that time. Finalize the amount of $ 12 million in financing beyond the original $ 10 million plan last year.
In contrast, Sirin Labs, a new mobile OEM companies completed $ 72 million seed round of financing at the end of last year, hoping to develop secure smart phone--Jolla previously had targeted this area, launched a strong security of the operating system.
The swordfish of the financing will be used solely for Jolla system licensing business. The company said they also hoped to recruit more software developers, to strengthen new product development efforts.
The company is also developing a new community project, Jolla said details will be announced as soon as possible.
Jolla abandoned equipment manufacturing business last year, and completed the spin off. Said it will turn their attention to operating system-but in creating another entity to continue to develop the equipment issues, the company's plan is somewhat fuzzy.
"We are focused on software development and licensing on the project, that is to say, consumer equipment business is not our focus. However, we may also be introduced for the swordfish system interesting pioneer equipment. "Jolla Chairman Andy ? sub neo (Antti Saarnio) said.
Cooperation expansion of entitlement programs, and the successful launch of authorized products, is clearly the focus of the company.
In February this year, and African Mi-Fone Jolla announced signing, this is the company's second OEM partners, the first was signed in July of last year India Intex. The latter's first sailfish system Aqua Fish will be held in India released. Jolla said, the project has entered the "final phase", and planned for the next few months into the India market.
Upcoming Turning Robotics chose the swordfish system for smartphones, this device also aimed at the areas of security and privacy. The manufacturer of the equipment initially wanted to use Android, but turned to the swordfish, mainly for data security reasons.
"The swordfish system already running in Turning quickly on the phone, we are working together to deploy all the necessary software. "Sub neo said in a statement," Jolla believes that is possible in Finland produce a targeted niche users of smart devices, which is Turning the plans. Our goal is to provide support for them as much as possible. ”
Jolla before it launched a raising of a tablet computer, but trapped in c round of financing later cancelled the project. Jolla had previously said they would inform all users who did not receive a refund.
The latest development of the company is that they have all tablets that are available to the user, is currently fulfilling a refund promised. Refunds will be carried out in two parts, the first part will be dealt with from April 2016 May, the second part will be processed within one year after the first part – depending on the financial situation of the company. In other words, it depends on the company's ability to obtain d round of financing.
Sub neo added, Jolla is planning further financing.
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5月4日上午消息，移动操作系统开发商Jolla刚刚完成了1200万美元的C轮融资，该公司开发的“旗鱼”(Sailfish)系统希望与谷歌Android展开竞争，允许OEM厂商按照自己的需求对平台进行定制。
Jolla的旗鱼系统源自于诺基亚研发的MeeGo系统。诺基亚宣布转投Windows阵营后，这家创业公司继续推进MeeGo研发。但去年11月，Jolla由于未能按时完成C轮融资而陷入困境，并被迫裁员一半。该公司还启动了债务重组程序。
Jolla表示，该公司已经停止了债务重组，而1200万美元的C轮融资也足以帮助其支撑到年底。
这家创业公司去年年底收到了此轮融资的第一份投资意向，但他们并未透露当时的资金数额。最终完成的1200万美元融资额超出去年最初制定的1000万美元计划。
作为对比，一家名为Sirin Labs的新型移动OEM公司去年末完成7200万美元种子轮融资，希望开发安全的智能手机——而Jolla此前也曾经瞄准这一领域，推出一款安全性较强的操作系统。
此次获得的融资将完全用于Jolla的旗鱼系统授权业务。该公司表示，他们还希望招募更多软件开发者，以此加强新产品的开发力度。
该公司还在开发一个新的社区项目，但Jolla表示，详细信息将会尽快宣布。
Jolla去年放弃了设备制造业务，并完成了分拆。表示将把注意力转向操作系统——但在建立另外一家实体来继续开发设备的问题上，该公司的计划却有些模糊。
“我们目前把注意力都放在软件开发和授权项目上，也就是说，消费设备业务并非我们的重点。然而，我们可能也会为旗鱼系统推出有趣的开拓性设备。”Jolla董事长安迪·撒尼奥(Antti Saarnio)说。
扩大授权合作项目，并成功推出获得授权的产品，显然是该公司目前的重点所在。
今年2月，Jolla宣布与非洲Mi-Fone签约，这是该公司的第二家OEM合作伙伴，第一家则是去年7月签约的印度Intex。后者的首款旗鱼系统设备Aqua Fish将于本月在印度发布。Jolla表示，该项目已经进入“最后阶段”，并计划在未来几个月进军印度市场。
即将推出的Turning Robotics智能手机也选择了旗鱼系统，这款设备同样瞄准了安全和隐私领域。该设备的制造商最初希望使用Android，但却转向了旗鱼，主要是考虑到数据安全原因。
“旗鱼系统已经能在Turning手机上快速运行，我们正在合作部署所有必须的软件。”撒尼奥在声明中说，“Jolla相信，完全有可能在芬兰生产一种瞄准小众用户的智能设备，这也正是Turning的计划。我们的目标是尽可能为他们提供支持。”
Jolla之前还对一款平板电脑展开过众筹，但在C轮融资遇困后取消了该项目。但Jolla之前曾经表示，他们将向所有未收到平板电脑的用户退款。
该公司的最新表态是，他们已经将所有可用的平板电脑发给用户，目前正在履行退款承诺。退款将分两部分进行，第一部分将在2016年4月至5月处理，第二部分则会在第一部分之后的一年内处理——具体取决于该公司的财务状况。换句话说，这取决于该公司能否获得D轮融资。
撒尼奥补充道，Jolla正在规划进一步的融资。