# MPL Ventures

> MPL Ventures is a VC fund backing Music, Audio and EdTech. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Oct 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

MPL Ventures is a venture capital firm.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $17M–$100M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Music | 3 | 75% |
| Audio | 2 | 50% |
| EdTech | 1 | 25% |
| Retail | 1 | 25% |
| Content | 1 | 25% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 50% |
| Series B | 1 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 50% |
| Finland | 1 | 25% |
| Singapore | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Audoo | Audoo is a technology company that develops Audio Meter, which tracks music played in public performance locations. The company was founded in 2018 by Ryan Edwards and is based Covent Garden, London. | $5M |  | Oct 09, 2023 | https://www.audoo.com |
| Next Gen Foods | Next Gen Foods is a food-tech startup that offers plant-based meat products. They use plants to create a delicious and satisfying meat experience that will make forget animal meat even exists. | $100M | Series A | Feb 15, 2022 | https://nextgenfoods.sg/ |
| Yoto | The screen-free audio platform. Play music, stories and more with our audio player that children control with physical cards. Welcome to Audiotime® | $17M | Series A | May 11, 2021 | https://uk.yotoplay.com |
| Yousician | Yousician is the largest music educator in the world, and with over 25 million users. It develops high-tech musical instrument learning software (web and mobile app) that gives users real-time feedback on how they play. Currently Yousician is available for Guitar and Piano.The company has developed 4 award winning products, and was chosenWIRED magazines #1 hottest startup in Finland. Yousician’s cutting edge audio technology can listen to any real acoustic or electric guitar without the use of additional equipment. The service combines the addictive features of computer games with guitar exercises to make the learning process easy, fun and motivating. Yousician also develops the worlds #1 guitar tuner app Guitar Tuna (iOS, Android, WP) and has won numerous international business awards including WIRED’s hottest Finnish start-up, SXSW, Midem, Launch.edu, and educational awards such as Sunday Times 'Worlds best apps' or Best European Learning Game. Yousician believes that musicality can and should be as commonplace as literacy today, and it is the company’s declared mission to achieve this. | $28M | Series B | Apr 28, 2021 | https://yousician.com |

4 of 4 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does MPL Ventures invest in?

MPL Ventures invests primarily in Music, Audio and EdTech startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is MPL Ventures's check size?

MPL Ventures typically joins rounds of $17M–$100M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds MPL Ventures participates in.

### When did MPL Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for MPL Ventures closed in Oct 2023. Shizune tracks 4 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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