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JoyTunes – this week’s first Unicorn

Posted on June 27, 2021

Music education startup JoyTunes (see here previously) has just completed a $50 million funding round at a $1 billion valuation, giving it the financial status of a “Unicorn”. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3910571,00.html

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UN recognises Israel’s JoyTunes

Posted on May 13, 2012

JoyTunes, which develops applications for fun music learning, received the United Nations’ “World Summit Award 2011” in a special ceremony held in Cairo, Egypt. JoyTunes was selected from 460 projects and 105 countries that were submitted by regional experts. http://itrade.gov.il/us-ny/2012/05/06/israeli-app-developer-joytunes-recognized-by-the-u-n/ … Continue reading →

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Investment in Israeli startups: (27/6/21)

Posted on June 27, 2021

Transmit Security raised $543 million; Lendbuzz raised $360 million; Vianai Systems raised $140 million; Firebolt raised $127 million; Hailo raised $110 million; Unit raised $51 million; JoyTunes raised $50 million; Tonkean raised $50 million; KAHR Medical raised $46.5 million; DataRails … Continue reading →

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Helping millions learn to play instruments

Posted on January 24, 2021

Since the beginning of the pandemic, Israel’s JoyTunes (reported here previously) has been downloaded some 10 million times. Its app Simply Piano is listed as one of Apple’s ‘Editor’s Choice’ in its App Store and voted Best App in Google … Continue reading →

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Instrument tutor has a 10 million audience

Posted on September 1, 2019

I reported previously (see here) on Israeli music education startup JoyTunes. Its main app Simply Piano has been downloaded 10 million times. JoyTunes now has more than 200,000 paying subscribers and has just raised $25 million to expand its product … Continue reading →

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An app to learn to play piano

Posted on November 8, 2015

Here is another innovative app from Israel’s JoyTunes. Place your iPhone or iPad on the piano and the Simply Piano app will teach you how to play it. It’s like going to a music teacher. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4714688,00.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPzOkWaOXt4

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Israeli apps are already ticking on new Apple watch

Posted on May 17, 2015

Glide, JoyTunes, 24me, TL;DR and Vonage among the made-in-Israel applications already available on Apple’s new wearable. http://itrade.gov.il/us-dc/2015/05/01/israeli-apps-already-ticking-on-apple-watch/

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An app to make you enjoy music

Posted on April 27, 2014

Weizmann graduate Yuval Karminka found that 85% of non-musicians wish they had learned to play a musical instrument. He then founded JoyTunes that produces popular music learning apps that encourage the novice musician to advance in their practicing. http://www.fastcompany.com/3028711/whos-next/piano-hero-how-joytunes-makes-young-musicians-actually-like-practicing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn_b_bcX3tg … Continue reading →

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