# Trala, Inc.

> Trala is a Chicago-born violin-learning company whose mobile app listens to an acoustic instrument and gives immediate pitch and rhythm feedback, then surrounds that machine feedback with structured lessons, interactive sheet music, a tuner, progress tracking, and instruction from working violinists. Founded by engineer-violinist Sam Walder and signal-processing specialist Vishnu Indukuri, Trala shifted from a feedback utility for existing players to an adult-beginner school, raised $15 million, and was acquired in 2025 by Learnfield GmbH, the company behind piano-learning app Skoove.

- **Founded:** 2016
- **Headquarters:** Chicago, United States
- **Founders:** Samuel Walder (CEO and Co-Founder), Vishnu Indukuri (CTO and Co-Founder)
- **Team size:** Approximately 17 employees in supplied company data; a Built In profile listed 23 before the 2025 acquisition.
- **Products:** Trala: Learn Violin, Interactive Sheet Music Library, Built-in Violin Tuner, Trala School of Music, Trala Method
- **Notable:** Won the 2017 Cozad New Venture Challenge grand prize of $15,000., Selected for the 2018 Techstars Chicago cohort., Reached more than 400,000 downloads in 193 countries by 2021.

## Products & services

- **Trala: Learn Violin** — iOS and Android app with structured video lessons, real-time pitch and rhythm feedback, practice scoring, and progress tracking.
- **Interactive Sheet Music Library** — A practice catalog of more than 500 songs and exercises spanning classical, folk, blues, Celtic, jazz, and popular repertoire.
- **Built-in Violin Tuner** — A high-precision tuner designed both to tune the instrument and help students learn to tune by ear.
- **Trala School of Music** — Personalized online one-to-one violin instruction paired with app-based practice; this teacher-led offer was central before the 2025 acquisition.
- **Trala Method** — An adult-oriented curriculum combining expert video instruction, immediate acoustic feedback, repertoire, and measurable practice progress.

## Achievements

- Won the 2017 Cozad New Venture Challenge grand prize of $15,000.
- Selected for the 2018 Techstars Chicago cohort.
- Reached more than 400,000 downloads in 193 countries by 2021.
- Partnered with Grammy-winning violinist Joshua Bell in 2021.
- Reported 14x growth in 2022 and added 30 teachers.
- Raised an $8 million Series A in 2023, bringing announced total funding to $15 million.
- Passed 800,000 worldwide downloads by the 2025 Learnfield acquisition announcement.
- Maintained average mobile-store ratings around 4.2 to 4.5 in recent public listings.

## Latest updates

- **2023-03** — Closed an $8 million Series A led by Seven Seven Six and reported 14x growth during 2022.
- **2024-11** — Sam Walder discussed Trala's path from door-to-door customer discovery to a global online music school on the A Musical Mind podcast.
- **2025-03** — Learnfield GmbH, the company behind Skoove, acquired the Trala apps; the acquisition was publicly announced in April.
- **2025-04** — Version 7.1 introduced Learnfield's terms and a subscription paywall for premium content and progress tracking.
- **2026-06** — The Android listing showed continued maintenance under Learnfield GmbH and more than 500,000 Google Play installs.

## Links

- Website: https://trala.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/trala
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/tralaapp
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/tralaapp

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Last updated: 2026-08-21