Yousician, the world’s leading interactive music platform, announces the completion of a $ 28 million Series B funding round for its platforms – Yousician and GuitarTuna, which will transform the Total increased to 35 million.
Yousician is re-introducing music education. Using interactive learning techniques, Yousician enables everyone to learn and play guitar, piano, ukulele, bass, and vocals. GuitarTuna, also part of the Yousician family, is number 1 among instrument tuners worldwide. The Yousician and GuitarTuna platforms are used by 20 million people around the world every month and have total sales of $ 50 million in 2020.
The Silicon Valley venture firm True Ventures is the company’s primary investor. New investors in this round include Amazon’s Alexa Fund and MPL Ventures LLP. Angel investors include Mark Pincus , founder of Zynga, Jason Calacanis , founder of LAUNCH Fund, David Helgason , founder of Unity Technologies, Rolf Schrömgens, co-founder of Trivago, Moaffak Ahmed, founder of Cooler Future, Bryan Meehan , executive chairman of Blue Bottle Coffee Company, and Anne Badan, CEO and Co-Founder of The Shortcut.
“Yousician has been the premier music education platform for nearly a decade and people are turning to the pursuit of creativity and music with renewed vigor, now more than ever,” said Jon Callaghan , co-founder of True Ventures to stand behind a company and team that brings the joy and excitement of playing an instrument to more households and families. “
Yousician’s gamified approach to music education leverages innovative audio recognition technology that sets the platform apart from its competitors. The audio function listens to the user while playing and gives real-time feedback. This creates an educational and structural learning path for users of all levels of experience. The platform also offers lesson plans created by in-house music teachers. The experience is that of an on-demand music school with world-class teachers at the helm to guide the interactive learning.
With the new financing, Yousician will further develop its product range in order to renew the user journey, make important new hires and invest in both brand marketing and artist partnerships. These new funds will also enable new partnerships with world-class musicians who will be invited to show budding artists how to play like a pro, bringing them even closer to the 20 million users.
“This is a very exciting time for Yousician and aspiring musicians everywhere,” said Chris Thür, Co-Founder and CEO of Yousician . “With this new round of funding and investors who really understand what we are doing and why, we are able to do more Enabling people to learn and play music in more places than ever before. “
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