Jolla (private company)

Jolla Ltd., the mobile company from Finland, is the developer of Sailfish OS, the open mobile operating system.

The Jolla team was founded by directors and core professionals from Nokia's  MeeGo N9 organisation, together with some of the best minds working on MeeGo in the communities. The funding money also came from Nokia, 10M euro, along tith some Finnish in international private investors.

The first Sailfish OS mobile product, the Jolla Smartphone, was first introduced in November 2013 and has been available in Europe, Hong Kong, India and Russia.

In November 2014 Jolla introduced the Jolla Tablet project, and in Q3/2015 Jolla announced the first major licensing partner for Sailfish OS, Intex Technologies.
Jolla was born in 2011 out of the passion of its founders towards open innovation in the mobile space, continuing the heritage of Nokia and MeeGo.

Sailfish OS, the Jolla Smartphone and Jolla Tablet are designed and developed in Finland.

Our aim is to be open, independent, and transparent in everything we do. DIT – doing it together is in our hearts. Our developer and fan communities are an integral part of the way we operate, how we develop things and move forward. We listen, and we take feedback.

Jolla Ltd. has offices in Helsinki and Tampere, Finland and in Hong Kong.

In 2013, Jolla sold 6.25% of the company to Chinese investor Express Fortune (subsidiary of China Fortune) at a 16M euro valuation.

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