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Violet: Funding, Investors & Team (Oct 2026)

Violet is a Commerce API Platform enabling any app to integrate universal checkout in weeks instead of years. Through its headless API, any app maintains control of their own checkout, while ensuring product and order data is always in sync and seamlessly integrated with the original Merchant’s system. Violet is creating a more open, distributed, and collaborative version of e-commerce, where shoppers can buy products directly inside social, livestream, sms, voice, AR, VR, or any other experience developers and app companies decide to build.

violet.io LinkedIn Seattle, United States 1-10 employees
Total raised
$10.0M
Rounds
1
Latest
Series A
Oct 2021

Violet has raised $10.0M across 1 funding round on record, the most recent a Series A of $10.0M announced in Oct 2021.

That round is above the $3.6M median round size for Commerce and Shopping companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

Violet Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$10.0M
across 1 round on record
Funding rounds on record
1
Latest funding round
Series A
$10.0M in Oct 2021
Employees
1-10
reported band
Headquarters
Seattle, United States

Latest funding round on record: Oct 2021.

Violet Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Series A
$10.0M

Violet Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Brandon Schulz
CEO
Locked

Contact details for the Violet team: 1 of 1 has an email address on file.

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Violet Funding Compared to Other Commerce and Shopping Startups

Segment
Companies
Median round
30,234
$7.6M
8,558
$15M

Violet's latest round of $10.0M is above the median round in Commerce and Shopping. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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Violet Funding FAQs

What does Violet do?

Violet is a Commerce API Platform enabling any app to integrate universal checkout in weeks instead of years. Through its headless API, any app maintains control of their own checkout, while ensuring product and order data is always in sync and seamlessly integrated with the original Merchant’s system. Violet is creating a more open, distributed, and collaborative version of e-commerce, where shoppers can buy products directly inside social, livestream, sms, voice, AR, VR, or any other experience developers and app companies decide to build.

How much funding has Violet raised?

Violet has raised $10.0M across 1 round on record. The most recent is a Series A of $10.0M announced in Oct 2021.

When did Violet last raise funding?

Violet's most recent funding round on record is a Series A of $10.0M, announced in Oct 2021.

Who is the CEO of Violet?

Brandon Schulz is listed as CEO at Violet.

Where is Violet headquartered?

Violet is based in Seattle, Washington, United States.

How many employees does Violet have?

Violet is in the 1-10 employee band.

How does Violet's funding compare to other Commerce and Shopping startups?

Violet's latest round of $10.0M is above the $3.6M median round size for Commerce and Shopping companies on FundedIQ across 3,501 tracked companies over the last two years.

About FundedIQ's Violet Funding Data

FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.

Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Violet is left off this page rather than filled in.

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