LEPLACE GLOBAL vs Skoove

Leplace connects people and places with the most interactive mobile game.

Leplace has created a next-generation mobile platform that connects people and places with the most interactive urban exploration game on your mobile phone. As you move through real-world environments, your avatar moves with you, uncovering exciting places, while getting a sense of urban adventure like never before. Leplace World is the mobile app that transforms the city into a real-life exploration game, with interactive stories and dynamic challenges, supported by the most advanced mobile technologies. The platform is designed for the next revolution in local tourism by allowing creative organizations around the world to have their own content and ideas in the game, providing the most complete urban exploration tools to design amazing urban experiences with just a few clicks and lots of creativity.

Location: Bucharest, Romania

The easiest way to learn to play piano.

Skoove is a fun music learning platform offering the world’s first interactive online piano lessons. Designed for beginner and returning pianists, the app works via web browser and delivers expertly designed lessons, giving real time feedback and adapting to your pace. Just plug in a keyboard or e-piano to get started.

Founded in Berlin in August 2014 by music technology veterans and cofounders Dr Florian Plenge and Stephan Schulz, Skoove completed a seed funding round with the largest German early stage fund, High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), in 2015. The startup is a graduate of the renowned Microsoft Ventures Accelerator in Berlin, and is supported by the Microsoft Ventures Alumni program and the acclaimed Fraunhofer IDMT research institute.

Featured in VentureBeat and on Sky News, Skoove launched in public beta on 15 September, 2015.