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Purple

http://www.purple.ai/

Last activity: 05.11.2024

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With over 190 million users across 65,000 worldwide venues! Purple works with a number of brands inc

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Location: United Kingdom, England, Manchester

Employees: 51-200

Total raised: $10.94M

Founded date: 2012

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Date	Name	Website
17.07.2021	BOOST&...	boostandco...
-	Juno Capit...	junocapita...
30.06.2021	The Rivers...	riversidec...
09.11.2023	BGF Ventur...	bgf.co.uk
-	Riverside ...	riverside....

Funding Rounds 2

Date	Series	Amount	Investors
19.09.2016	-	$7M	-
22.08.2016	-	$3.94M	BOOST&...

Mentions in press and media 25

Date	Title	Description
09.11.2024	The New Era of AI Regulation: Trump’s Presidency and the Future of Generative AI	The political landscape in the United States is shifting. With Donald Trump set to take office as the 47th president, the regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) is on the brink of transformation. The Republican control of Congress sugge...
05.11.2024	The security challenges posed by increasing use of generative AI	The rapid rise of generative AI (GenAI) tools is transforming productivity, enhancing capabilities across computer code generation, data analysis, and corporate writing. Yet, with this transformation comes a new set of security and governan...
22.10.2021	16 Intriguing Elements That Convinced Communications Pros To Open Cold Emails	The words “cold email” alone are enough to send shivers down the spines of marketers and consumers alike. Marketers know that cold calls and cold emails have earned a reputation for being bothersome and less than useful. The stereotype is n...
25.06.2020	Purple enables seamless and secure, contactless collection of customer details for the UK hospitality sector	Using existing guest WiFi functionality, already used by more than 5,000 hospitality providers in the UK, venues can contactlessly collect contact details of their patrons and manage the data centrally in adherence to privacy and GDPR regul...
05.05.2020	Retail footfall surges as lockdown restrictions are eased: analysis based on more than 50,000 venues across 120 countries	As different regions and countries across the world begin to ease lockdown restrictions, Purple’s Global Footfall Trends tool is allowing us to see what impact these measures are having on the footfall across industries. Early results sugge...
20.03.2020	Live data shows industries footfall down by 78% across North America due to Coronavirus outbreak	Purple has access to billions of presence footfall data points, 155 million users in over 185 countries and their expert data scientist team has constructed visual models of the impact that Coronavirus has had in North America. Due to the o...
01.07.2019	How smart WiFi can improve your TripAdvisor reviews	How smart WiFi can improve your TripAdvisor reviews 01-07-2019 Want your customers to leave positive reviews after a good experience? A good place to start is with strong and smart WiFi. Novahub writes: How important is Wi-Fi access to the ...
01.08.2017	UK WiFi Company Uses Overlong TOS To Trick Hotspot Users Into Cleaning Toilets, Hugging Stray Cats	So we’ve talked for years about how overlong terms of service contracts that nobody reads are used to eliminate your rights in numerous ways. That includes stripping away your legal rights and forcing you to engage in binding arbitration, w...
18.07.2017	Not reading the conditions on free WiFi, 22,000 people agree to hugging cats and cleaning toilets	Thousands of people accidentally signed up to cleaning public toilets, hugging stray cats and scrubbing chewing gums off the street after not reading the Terms and Conditions when signing up for public WiFi networks. In a public experiment...
27.06.2017	Bond location shakes up its WiFi offering by partnering with Purple and Unico Data AG	Purple, the intelligent spaces company, today announced its collaboration with Unico Data AG as part of a guest WiFi and analytics deployment at various locations on the cableway and mountaintop of Schilthorn, Switzerland. The famous Swiss ...
06.03.2017	Purple and Smarter WiFi reach new heights at renowned ski and climbing centres	Purple, the intelligent spaces company, has revealed that the Ice Factor, Snow Factor and Bar Varia are collecting four times more CRM data following the installation of its solution by Smarter WiFi. The Scottish attractions draw visitors f...
27.02.2017	Purple and Smarter WiFi stir up business for Wok&Go	Purple, the intelligent spaces company, Smarter WiFi and TP-Link have today announced their collaboration with Wok&Go, serving its thousands of diners across the UK with a seamless WiFi connection. Wok&Go, the popular noodle bar fra...
19.01.2017	The top 9 angel and VC investments in Northern tech companies in 2016	This article was originally posted on the Tech North website. It’s no secret that tech and digital businesses in the North of England find it more difficult to access capital than their London-based counterparts. We hear it from the startu...
16.01.2017	Purple connects PizzaExpress in UAE	January 16, 2017: Purple, the intelligent spaces company, and CDW, the international IT solutions provider, today announced its partnership with PizzaExpress UAE. PizzaExpress UAE selected Purple and CDW to offer fast, free and secure guest...
21.11.2016	Real life is not enough: New Purple survey reveals how majority of people are online when out in bars and restaurants	November 21, 2016: Intelligent spaces company Purple surveyed over 1,000 people about how they use WiFi in bars and restaurants. The results show that, for the majority, using WiFi is an essential part of their social experiences. If it’s a...
19.10.2016	Purple and Ruckus Wireless team up to deliver NBA's Indiana Pacers with guest WiFi and fanalytics	October 19, 2016: Purple, the intelligent spaces company, today announced the signing of a three-year contract to supply the Bankers Life Fieldhouse with Ruckus Wireless and Purple’s guest WiFi solution. Together, the companies will combine...
19.09.2016	Purple completes $7 million investment to boost global team	September 19th, 2016: Purple, the intelligent spaces company, today announced a $7 million investment. This comprises a growth loan secured from Boost&Co, which totals $3.9 million, and additional funds contributed by existing investors...
19.09.2016	Purple Raises $7M in Debt and Equity Finacing	Purple, a Manchester, United Kingdom-based intelligent spaces company, raised $7m in debt and equity finacing. The package includes a growth loan secured from Boost&Co, which totals $3.9m, and additional funds contributed by existing in...
22.08.2016	Purple WiFi Receives £3M Loan from Boost&Co	Purple WiFi, an Ashton Under Lyne near Manchester, UK-based provider of a service for businesses to provide WiFi to their customers on a free to use basis, raised a £3M growth loan. BOOST&Co provided the debt financing. The company inte...
29.06.2016	Purple to present at Cisco Live, July 10-14, Las Vegas	Visit Purple on stand 1446 June 29, 2016: Purple, the intelligent spaces company, today announced its speaker slot at Cisco Live, Las Vegas, July 10-14. Purple logo Purple’s Kerry Wright, Director of Alliances for Purple, will be addressing...
28.03.2016	Using the 'physical web' to boost in-store sales	Bricks and mortar businesses have been in the dark. They were blinkered to what was happening within their locations, and how customers were interacting with the space. There was huge potential to fail to engage with customers effectively, ...
14.03.2016	Purple expands further into Europe with Madrid office	Gonzalo Sánchez appointed Regional Sales Manager March 14, 2016: Purple, the intelligent spaces company, today announced the opening of a new office in Madrid, Spain. Purple logo Gonzalo Sánchez has been appointed to the role of Regional Sa...
07.03.2016	Purple Appoint Petah Green VP, Asia Pacific	March 7th, 2016 Purple, the intelligent spaces software company, today announced the appointment of Petah Green, as the new VP for Asia Pacific. Petah joins Purple from Microsoft. Prior to joining Purple, Petah was the Head of Microsoft’s E...
14.01.2015	UK’s Purple WiFi Raises $5M To Push Its Free Social WiFi Service Abroad	Free public WiFi has become one of the more popular ways that cafes, shops and other public places attract users and then use the connections to serve ads and collect other kinds of anonymised analytics. Now, a startup out of the UK called ...
-	Purple	“Increase revenues & reduce costs with our Indoor Location Services platform that includes Guest WiFi, Digital Wayfinding & Asset Tracking solutions”

Purple

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Funding Rounds 2

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