Morning VC Brief丨2024.11.12

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00. TL;DR

1/ Premium Performance Brand Vuori raises $825M at $5.5B

2/ E-commerce Financial Platform Parker raises $20M Series B

3/ Enterprise AI Agent Platform UnifyApps raises $20M Series A

4/ Fractional Real Estate Investment Platform Fractional raises $15M Series A

5/ AI-driven Interface Startup Thesys raises $4M Seed Round

6/ Computer Vision Startup Advex AI raises $3.5M Seed Round

7/ Marine Drones Startup Ulysses raises $2M Pre-Seed Round

01. Venture News

1/ Premium Performance Brand Vuori raises $825M at $5.5B

Vuori creates premium performance apparel inspired by the active Coastal California lifestyle–an integration of fitness, yoga, surf, and life. Vuori is available across more than 18 countries around the globe through a network of retail locations, e-commerce and strategic partnerships with key national and regional retailers. This round was led by General Atlantic and Stripes. Link

2/ E-commerce Financial Platform Parker raises $20M Series B

Parker is a financial platform for eCommerce businesses, offering capital based on merchants’ revenue and cash balance. This round was led by Valar Ventures with participation from Y Combinator, and more. Link

3/ Enterprise AI Agent Platform UnifyApps raises $20M Series A

UnifyApps provides a cutting-edge Unified Enterprise AI Agent Platform that revolutionizes the way enterprises connect disparate applications and deploy AI agents across departments.led by ICONIQ Growth with participation from LinkElevation Capital, and more. This round was

4/ Fractional Real Estate Investment Platform Fractional raises $15M Series A

Fractional is a social platform for fractional ownership of the real estate. This round was led by Fifth Wall. Link

5/ AI-driven Interface Startup Thesys raises $4M Seed Round

Thesys is set to revolutionize AI-driven interfaces by providing a platform that empowers businesses to ideate, visualize and ship intelligent interfaces that adapt to user needs in real time. This round was led by Together Fund with participation from 8VC, and more. Link

6/ Computer Vision Startup Advex AI raises $3.5M Seed Round

Advex AI is creating Vision AI to adapt to the dynamic real world and its various application cases. This round was led by Construct Capital with participation from PearVC, Emerson Collective, and more. Link

7/ Marine Drones Startup Ulysses raises $2M Pre-Seed Round

Ulysses has developed low-cost, high-performance autonomous marine drones reducing the cost of seagrass restoration by 10x while making projects 100 times larger and faster. This round was led by Lowercarbon Capital. Link