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Musicbuk
Techstars '20Atlanta, US · Founded 2018 · 2 employees on LinkedIn · 4 known investors
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Musicbuk is an online platform that matches students of all ages and skill levels with vetted music instructors for virtual lessons across instruments including piano, guitar, violin, cello, and voice. Instructors are screened through background checks, teaching evaluations, and interviews, and lessons come with a satisfaction guarantee.
Also known as MusicBuk
Founders & leadership
Musicbuk was founded in 2018 by DuMarkus Davis.
Investors · 4
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Company profile
researched Sep 2026Musicbuk is an Atlanta, Georgia-based company operating a tech-enabled platform that connects music students with music instructors for virtual lessons. The platform is positioned to serve two sides of the market: students seeking quality instruction, and professional musicians seeking to monetize their skills and build sustainable teaching careers.
The company was built by founder DuMarkus Davis as a response to what he described as the absence of a mechanism matching students with quality instructors and instructors with students. Musicbuk is categorized under education and entertainment, and has expanded beyond individual consumers into partnerships with schools and universities.
Founding story
Founder DuMarkus Davis grew up singing in a church choir in College Park, Atlanta, and turned to the violin after his voice changed. His own difficulty finding a suitable violin teacher, combined with later experience teaching music lessons after graduating from the San Francisco Conservatory, led him to conclude that no solution existed to connect students with quality music instructors or instructors with students. As a non-technical founder studying in the Bay Area, he initially financed the company through music gigs and lessons and operated with a manual, partly improvised process for hiring and assigning teachers before building a tech-enabled platform. He moved back to Atlanta to live with his parents to reduce costs while developing the business.
Business model
Musicbuk operates as an intermediary marketplace between music instructors and students, handling instructor recruitment and matching students with instructors via a client relations function and an online platform.
Traction
Musicbuk reports a customer retention rate of approximately 75%. Within a month of receiving Google Ads support through the Black Founders Fund, the company reported a 50% increase in revenue. It states it operates in more than seven countries and that it supported hundreds of instructors with income during the pandemic.
Latest developments
The company has stated it is continuing to scale nationwide and internationally while building partnerships with schools and universities.
▸Full profile — market position, go-to-market, geography, history
Market position
Musicbuk operates in the online and virtual music instruction segment, an area it identifies as growing: Google Trends data cited by the company indicates worldwide searches for "virtual music lessons" grew 1,000% between October 2019 and October 2021.
Go-to-market
The company acquires customers primarily through paid digital advertising, using Google Ads and YouTube Ads to reach people searching for virtual music instruction. It also pursues institutional distribution through partnerships with schools and universities.
Music students across a broad demographic range, including individuals in retirement communities and people using music as a form of therapy, as well as schools and universities. On the supply side, the platform serves music instructors seeking teaching income.
Geography
Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with operations scaling nationwide in the United States and activity in more than seven countries.
History
Davis participated in accelerator and founder-training programs including Founder Gym, an online program for underrepresented founders focused on fundraising, and Techstars. Following Founder Gym, he was nominated for the Google for Startups Black Founders Fund, which provides non-dilutive cash awards and Google mentorship to Black-led startups. With that support, Musicbuk increased marketing spend and hired software engineers and a client relations manager. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the company reported enabling hundreds of instructors to earn income.
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Key figures
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Timeline · 2
launches, deals, and filingsMusicbuk received a non-dilutive cash award and Google mentorship through the Google for Startups Black Founders Fund after being nominated by Founder Gym. The funds were used for marketing and hires including software engineers and a client relations manager.
Founder DuMarkus Davis completed the Founder Gym program for underrepresented founders and participated in Techstars.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
▸Research sources · 6
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- MusicBuk - Google for Startupsstartup.google.com · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Musicbuk do?
- Atlanta-based platform connecting students with vetted music instructors for virtual lessons.
- Who founded Musicbuk?
- Musicbuk was founded by DuMarkus Davis in 2018.
- Who are Musicbuk's investors?
- Musicbuk's investors include Gaingels, NOEMIS Ventures, Techstars, 100 Black Angels & Allies Fund.
- Where is Musicbuk headquartered?
- Musicbuk is headquartered in Atlanta, US.