{"id":6765,"date":"2024-01-31T17:47:28","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T00:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/?p=6765"},"modified":"2024-02-01T20:28:29","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T03:28:29","slug":"founders-parade-christoph-thur-and-mikko-kaipainen-yousician","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522\/2024\/01\/31\/founders-parade-christoph-thur-and-mikko-kaipainen-yousician\/","title":{"rendered":"Founder\u2019s Parade: Christoph Th\u00fcr and Mikko Kaipainen \u2013 Yousician\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Venture Name: <\/strong>Yousician\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Venture Description:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yousician is an interactive and music educational based application that allows users to learn a musical instrument. Currently, the app supports the following instruments: guitar, piano, ukulele, bass, and voice. The app also allows the user to learn skills, techniques, and theory. Furthermore, as you play in the app, you get interactive feedback. To encourage the learner, they also have a library of songs that include interactive lessons. Their mission is to help everyone discover their musical potential with fun music lessons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christoph Th\u00fcr<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christoph Th\u00fcr is a Co-Founder of Yousician. Christoph currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Yousician. Prior to founding the company, he was a Laser scientist. He has earned degrees in Systems Engineering and Industrial Management. Christoph states that many hesitate to pick up an instrument because traditional music education doesn\u2019t work well for them \u2013 I was one of those people.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mikko Kaipainen<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mikko Kaipainen is a Co-Founder and CSO of Yousician. Mikko met Christoph in university while working together on a project-based simulation course. Mikko and Christoph shared the same experience by failing as young musicians. Mikko has been with the company since 2010. Mikko has a degree in Engineering. Mikko also has an M.Sc. in Industrial Management. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Team:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Currently the company employs approximately 126 employees. The company investors are Silicon Valley venture firm, True Ventures, along with Amazon\u2019s Alexa Fund and MPL Ventures LLP. There are also numerous Angel investors that support this company. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Personal Reflections<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a music teacher, I am always interested in musical educational technologies that I can use to help, enhance, or improve the way my students learn. As a music teacher, I can agree with them that some traditional methods don\u2019t always work. Students are prone to disengagement and then learning becomes a chore. If a product like this can help influence musical potential, then I can add this to my educational resource library.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Website References:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yousician<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/yousician.com\/lp\/yousician?utm_source=google&utm_campaign=Yousician%20-%20Brand%20Name%20-%20Tier%202%20-%20EN&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=yousician&gad_source=2&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI2OiZoOeIhAMVpRCtBh3WFwv0EAAYASAAEgIwp_D_BwE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/pitchbook.com\/profiles\/investor\/110499-94<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/courses.minnalearn.com\/en\/courses\/startingup\/explaining-startups\/being-an-entrepreneur\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/theorg.com\/org\/yousician\/org-chart\/mikko-kaipainen<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/person\/mikko-kaipainen<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.eu-startups.com\/2021\/04\/helsinki-based-yousician-lands-e23-1-million-to-reimagine-music-education\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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