Room Steals vs Skoove

Honey for hotels.

The Room Steals Chrome extension automatically finds hidden, wholesale hotel rates on supported hotel sites like Google, Booking, Expedia, and Hotels.com. Install the extension and know when a better price is available. Some members have saved more than $700 on their first booking alone. Stop paying retail hotel rates when you don't have to.

Location: San Diego, United States

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.