| Acquired by | Myriad |
| Price | $101M |
| Date | 2/09 |
| Website | purplelabs.com |
| Category | Mobile/Wireless |
| Phone | 33 4 79 26 48 60 |
| Employees | |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Description | Linux Mobile Software |
| TOTAL | $12.7M |
| FUNDING TOTAL | $12.7M |
| Series A, 9/07 Sofinnova Partners Earlybird Venture Capital Partners Group Private Equity | $12.7M |
Purple Labs SA develops mobile Linux software solutions for RTOS and Linux-based mobile devices. It offers The Mobile Linux Platform, a software suite for developing mobile feature phones; and Application suite, a mobile application suite for 3G feature phones, as well as browser and messaging applications for phone manufacturers and customers. The company also provides Purple Magic, a 3G Linux feature phone, which provides video telephony, music playback, high-speed Internet browsing, and video streaming. In addition, it offers application integration and development, Linux support package customization, hardware design and support, and product industrialization services. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Le Bourget du Lac, France with additional offices in France, the United Kingdom, the United States, China, South Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. As of April 20, 2009, Purple Labs SA operates as a subsidiary of Myriad Group AG.
