SIRIUS is a Berlin-based online music school and SaaS video-conferencing tool for musicians, co-founded in 2020 by Sebastian Riegelbauer and Charlotte von Dryander. The platform matches students of all ages and skill levels with qualified teachers for one-to-one piano, guitar and singing lessons, schedules lessons, and offers virtual piano, sheet music, metronome, recording, and learning access. It was developed in collaboration with the Karajan Academy and focuses on ensuring excellent sound quality for online lessons to address poor audio from conventional video calls. The company cites that 91% of music teachers are self-employed and face job uncertainty, while students in urban areas face long waiting times—problems SIRIUS aims to solve with flexible online lessons. SIRIUS plans to use the funding to drive growth and product development, expand its engineering and marketing teams, and introduce AI to reduce administrative overhead, summarize and analyze lessons, create tailored lesson plans and provide interactive practice feedback.

Total raised

$4M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Sep 2024