Avatour, a remote collaboration platform for site meetings, announced a $2.9 million seed round led by Ulu Ventures. Other participants in the round include Merus Capital, NTT Docomo Ventures, Plug & Play Ventures, and 500 Startups.

Since its commercial release in March 2020, Avatour has enabled thousands of remote site meetings, buoyed recently by the travel restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Avatour customers save up to 80 percent on travel costs, increasing productivity while reducing their carbon footprint. Current customers include the FAA, Thermo Fisher, Kellogg's, and Black & Veatch.