UpBeat Studio is a Spanish music-education technology company that builds consumer apps for drummers, including Drum Coach (an AI-powered practice app with structured exercises, a metronome and teacher feedback) and Drum Notes (formerly Drumap, a drum notation/beat editor recognised by the GRAMMY Museum's cultural foundation and by Music Tech Europe Academy). It is an early-stage, B2C pre-seed startup of roughly 2-10 people, backed so far by public and accelerator support (ENISA / Ministerio de Industria y Turismo, Generalitat Valenciana, Lanzadera, Combinator, Music Tech Hub Barcelona) rather than a named VC round. It is headquartered in Valencia.
SectorsMusic Tech, Edtech, Consumer Apps, AI
Start-up MapEdtech › Online learning platforms
Founders
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Raul Almeida Rodrigues
Founder & CEO
Global models 4
SSimply
Israel · www.hellosimply.com ↗
Sells subscription consumer apps that teach instruments with interactive practice feedback, the same B2C music-learning app model as Drum Coach.
$200MComparable
YYousician
Finland · yousician.com ↗
Sells a freemium subscription app that listens to the player and scores their practice on guitar, piano and other instruments, the same consumer practice-app model as UpBeat.
$40MComparable
MMelodics
New Zealand · melodics.com ↗
Sells a subscription practice app for electronic drums, pads and keys with structured lessons and real-time feedback, the closest match to Drum Coach.
$13MComparable
TTrala
United States · trala.com ↗
Sells a consumer violin-learning app that combines AI practice feedback with human teacher review, the same model as Drum Coach's AI-plus-teacher approach.
$6MComparable
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News 3
Open as list →| Published | Article |
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| 2026-05-06 |
Stop practising, get a system ↗
digitalDrummer
2026-05-06 |
| 2026-05-05 |
AI-Powered Learning Is Outperforming Traditional Online Tutorials — And Apps Like Drum Coach Show Why ↗
PR Newswire
2026-05-05 |
| 2023-11-14 |
Music Tech Europe Academy selects 10 startups ↗
Music Tech Europe
2023-11-14 |