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Chromatik is a music technology company redefining how people practice, perform, and teach music. The "learning platform for true musicians" provides all of the tools needed to play music and collaborate with educators via mobile and web applications.

Chromatik is currently in private beta, but users already include American Idol, Juilliard, UCLA, and the Los Angeles Unified School District.

Founders
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  • Matt Sandler
    Co-founder and CEO of Chromatik. Professional saxophonist and music tech lecturer at UCLA. A&R/Programming at Capitol Records and KROQ.
  • James Wicker
    Co-founder and CTO of Chromatik. CTO of Navisware (acquired by Adobe) and Cleanbit Systems (green mobile startup). Former Lead Computer Scientist at Adobe.
Previous Investors
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  • Mitch Kapor
    Lotus founder, built from 0 to $200MM in 3 yrs. Co-founder EFF. Founding Chair Mozilla. Investor: Twilio, Uber, Inkling, bit.ly.
  • Greg Bettinelli
    SVP of Marketing at HauteLook (now part of Nordstrom). Former eBay, StubHub, Live Nation
  • Farhad Mohit
    Founder Shopzilla ($562MM exit), Founder BizRate.com (top 100 website), Founder Cheers
  • David Nakayama
    Angel Investor & Technology Advisor, Former SVP Engineering at Yahoo! & Creator of Rocketmail & Yahoo! Mail.
  • Dave McClure
    Founding Partner @ 500 Startups. Ex-PayPal, Facebook fbFund, Founders Fund, Mint.com. Geek, developer, entrepreneur, marketer. Investor in 250+ co's.
  • Christine Tsai
    Partner at 500 Startups. Ex-Googler & ex-YouTuber. Left-handed.
Advisors
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  • Mike Jones
    CEO of Science, Former CEO MySpace, CEO/Founder Userplane, CEO/Founder PBJ Digital, CEO Tsavo Media, Angel Investor, Entrepreneur
  • Eric Marcoullier
    Founder and CEO of OneTrueFan. Founder of Gnip, MyBlogLog (sold to Yahoo!) and IGN (IPO, sold to Newscorp)
  • Greg Cohn
    Experienced entrepreneur, leader, & product- and tech-oriented executive in startups and public companies. Ex-Yahoo, Waterfront Media, Away.com.
  • Patrick Vlaskovits
    CMO of Drumbi. 500 Startups mentor. Co-wrote "The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development".
  • Sam Teller
    Managing Director of Launchpad LA (launchpad.la), Co-Founder of Charlie (meetcharlie.com), Partner at Charlie Ventures (charlieventures.com)
  • Matt Kozlov
    CEO of Moonshark (aka Creative Mobile Labs), Former VP of New Products for Sony Music. Has also worked at Yahoo! (Corp Strat, YOS) and Bain.
Employees
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  • David Robinson
    Musician Services at Chromatik. Professional vocalist/pianist seen on America's Got Talent and at Carnegie Hall.
  • Justin Thomas
    Software Engineer at Chromatik. Formerly AgileZen, Verizon, and bioMeriux. Skydiver with over 2k jumps.
  • Fletcher Riehl
    Operations at Chromatik. Closed over $350MM in acquisitions at the CIM Group. Former investment banker. Angel Investor. Bassist.
  • Phil Larson
    iOS Engineer at Chromatik. Formerly Lead iOS Engineer at Mobile Roadie and developer of 30+ iOS apps (including MagicPad). Jazz trombonist.