# Dana Messina

> Dana Messina is a seed investor in Los Angeles backing Music, EdTech and Software. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Los Angeles, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: May 2013
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dana-messina-4b664142

Dana Messina is a seed investor in Los Angeles focused on Music and EdTech. Dana Messina

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Music | 1 | 100% |
| EdTech | 1 | 100% |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Mobile Apps | 1 | 100% |
| Musical Instruments | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Simply | JoyTunes is reinventing the way to learn, play and experience music, making it possible for anyone to learn to play a musical instrument. JoyTunes innovatively combines education methods and sound recognition with their patented MusicSense Acoustic Engine to create the world’s most popular music education apps. With more than 7 million usersworldwide and 1 million songs played every week, JoyTunes apps are used and recommended by thousands of music teachers. JoyTunes'​ proprietary app, Piano Maestro, was ranked #1 education app in over 20 countries and Simply Piano is repeatedly recognized by Apple and Google as one of the best apps in the store.JoyTunes has gained international recognition winning numerous awards including: NAMM "Best Tools for Beginners"​, "Parents'​ Choice"​ award, "World Summit Awards"​ from the United Nations, EMI Innovation Challenge Award, “Winning Startup” from SF Music Tech Summit, and many more. JoyTunes is also widely recognized as industry innovators by the world’s major piano makers - Yamaha, Casio, Kawai, and Korg. | $1.5M | Seed | May 03, 2013 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Founder Collective](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founder-collective) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Genesis Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/genesis-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kaedan Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kaedan-capital-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Dana Messina invest in?

Dana Messina invests primarily in Music, EdTech and Software startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Israel. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Dana Messina last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Dana Messina closed in May 2013. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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