kaminka roey izkovsky headquarters tel aviv israel key people yuval kaminka ceo roey izkovsky cto dan fishel vp business development yigal kaminka musical director products simply piano piano maestro piano dust buster website joytunes.com joytunes 1 is a privately held company developing music learning solutions and apps . the company specializes in creating ios apps that automatically detect notes played on real musical instruments providing instant feedback to the users . 2 joytunes incorporates gamification dynamics along with traditional music methods to encourage music practice and improve sight reading and rhythm skills . 3 contents 1 apps 2 awards 3 investors 4 references 5 external links apps edit simply piano ios ipad released in 2015 is an iphone app that helps people learn how to play the piano step by step with little to no previous experience . the app slowly progresses from learning a few notes at a time to simple and later more complex songs . 4 simply put the phone down near the keyboard and simply piano will listen to you play . as you play the app identifies what you re playing and gives you feedback on how to improve . 5 piano maestro formerly piano mania ipad released in 2013 is an educational practice motivation ipad app . piano maestro includes public domain songs as well as licensed content and piano methods from known publishers such as alfred s premier piano course . the app introduces one new sheet reading skill at a time . using the ipad s microphone to listen joytunes asks players to perform what s written on the music staff . the staff and the notes move as the app plays background music . the player s job is to read music in time and play the melody s correct notes in response to the app s prompts . 6 piano dust buster ios is a gamified introduction to piano released in 2012 boasting tens of millions of songs learned . 7 the app works via an on screen digital piano keyboard or by listening to your real piano as you play . piano dust buster offers points as you play the right notes in time to a recording and you can level up and earn medals . there is also a social angle in which you can play against other users around the world . 8 recorder master pc mac ipad joytunes first game released in 2010 for children learning to play the recorder instrument . recorder express pc mac recorder game based on the content of the recorder express method book by artie almeida in cooperation with alfred publishing . awards edit joytunes has been recognized in the fields of parenting music education and gaming . parent s choice award 2010 9 2012 10 2014 11 world summit award by the united nations 2011 most creative e content 12 best tool for beginners namm 2014 13 emi innovation challenge award 2013 14 best tools for schools namm 2011 15 2012 15 best tablet game of 2013 gameis silver winner masschallenge 2010 16 sf music tech summit startup innovators challenge winner 2015 17 investors edit joytunes has raised three rounds for a total of 7m from angel investors and vcs . in aug 2014 joytunes raised 5 million in series a funding led by aleph vc and with participation from formation 8 and genesis partners . 18 angel investors include the former ceo of steinway dana messina . 19 references edit how to secure funding from top vcs against all odds interview with co founder and ceo yuval kaminka for startup camel podcast . startup camel . retrieved 25 may 2015 . joytunes wants to teach you to play real instruments with interactive video games . . techcrunch . 12 june 2012 . piano hero how joytunes makes young musicians actually like practicing . fastcompany . 7 april 2014 . http mashable.com 2015 09 05 5 cant miss app simply piano qzhjss60kiqr http lifehacker.com simply piano teaches you piano listens and corrects yo 1733875348 http www.forbes.com sites jordanshapiro 2015 08 29 this app will teach your kid to play the piano with 1 million songs played per week joytunes gets 1.5 million to make piano lessons a game . pandodaily . 2 may 2013 . http www.nytimes.com 2015 09 17 technology personaltech video feature pitch perfect ways to read music better.html r 4 parents choice award 2010 . parents choice.org . parents choice award 2012 . parents choice.org . parents choice award 2014 . parents choice.org . best tool for beginners namm 2014 . wsis award.org . best tool for beginners namm . sbomagazine . joytunes wins emi s innovation challenge 2013 . musically.com . a b best tools for schools namm . sbomagazine . silver winner masschallenge 2010 . masschallenge.org . http www.sfmusictech.com startups developers http blogs.wsj.com venturecapital 2014 08 12 joytunes collects 5m to make it fun to learn to play music http techcrunch.com 2013 05 05 joytunes lands 1 5m releases new app to help you learn to play instruments through interactive mobile games external links edit company website masschallenge startup competition joytunes collects 5m to make it fun to learn to play music retrieved from https 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