Top 22 Music Education startups

Updated: Nov 23, 2025
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These startups offer interactive apps for learning instruments, gamified ear training programs, dance classes and online platforms that connect students with qualified teachers for remote lessons.
1
LingoAce
Country: Singapore | Funding: $180M
LingoAce is a service offering Chinese, English and math tutoring for children aged 3 to 15. Classes are held online (individually or in small groups) with live certified teachers. The curriculum aligns with international standards (HSK for Chinese, CEFR for English). Their game-based lessons, storylines, and characters are specifically designed to meet the psychological needs of children. Each lesson follows a continuous storyline to ensure maximum progress. Topics are deepened and expanded through a special spiral structure, creating a cohesive learning process. The service has achieved extensive international coverage - over 100 countries. The company also opened offline learning centers in Singapore, United States and Australia in addition to its online courses. LingoAce partners with international organizations to train teachers.
2
Skillshare
Country: USA | Funding: $136.8M
Skillshare is an ed-tech platform offering online learning for creative fields.
3
Domestika
Country: USA | Funding: $130M
Domestika is a creative community where creative experts share their knowledge and skills through professionally produced online courses.
4
Simply
Country: Israel | Funding: $92M
Simply is a global subscription service reinventing the way people all over the world discover, learn and share creative hobbies.
5
CreativeLive
Country: USA | Funding: $58.3M
CreativeLive is the world’s leading live, online classroom for creative entrepreneurs.
6
Tomplay
Country: Switzerland | Funding: $4.8M
Tomplay is a digitised music company that allows to play along with real recordings by professional musicians.
7
Skoove
Country: Germany | Funding: €4.2M
Skoove is a platform to learn the art of playing piano.
8
Kadenze
Country: USA | Funding: $4.3M
Kadenze provides online courses from the world's leading universities, brands, and institutions in creative education.
9
Syntho
Country: UK
Electronic music learning platform for beginners to advanced. Changing the way you learn to make music.
10
Light The Music
Country: USA | Funding: $250K
LIGHT THE MUSIC lets mobile music lovers play, remix, create and share visual music, using content sets from their favorite artists.
11
Superba Vox
Country: USA | Funding: $250K
Superba Vox is a Top Online Music Academy offering affordable, private, virtual classes to students of any age and ability.
12
CommonTime
Country: USA | Funding: $200K
An arts education focused platform that connects teaching artists and arts organizations to educators and learners globally.
13
Notey
Country: USA | Funding: $120K
Notey crafts music-centered apps for an engaging, gamified approach to learning instruments and vocal skills in music education.
14
Steppix
Country: Germany | Funding: €72K
Steppix has developed purposely designed mat for beginners and dance coaches
15
Moosiko
Country: USA | Funding: $9.6K
Moosiko is modernizing the music education industry with its adaptive learning edtech platform
16
Beatshop Labs
Country: USA
Beatshop Labs provides modern music education in schools and at our Beat Labs.
17
Panda Corner
Country: USA
Welcome to Panda Corner, where kids play & learn through music. Download our apps Piando & Panda Corner from the app store today!
18
The Monster Musician
Country: USA
The Monster Musician Reader is a revolutionary iOS app that focuses on sharpening the sight-reading
19
Hear Your Song
Country: USA
Hear Your Song empowers children with serious illnesses and complex health needs to make their voice
20
Seedj
Country: Netherlands
Seedj is the first career accelerator in the music industry.
21
SoundLily
Country: Sweden
SoundLily is a digital music platform for exploring musical talent, offering tools for practice and learning on classical instruments.
22
Playtime Engineering
Country: USA
Playtime Engineering is a toy design company that designs and manufactures musical instruments and synthesizers for kids.
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Nadia Neveu
Editor: Nadia Neveu
Nadia Neveu is a senior editor for EdTechStartups. She is a writer covering early childhood education, K-12, higher education and edtech business, and her work has appeared in The New York Times, BBC and Vice. Nadia holds a degree in mass communication from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Nadia is also a student in the Master of Science in Data Analytics program at the University of Houston-Downtown. Nadia seeks to uplift all teachers in the work that they do and support them as leaders and agents of change. You can contact Nadia at neveu(at)edtechstartups(dot)com