Mayk raises $4M to help fans become music makers

Mayk.it has raised $4 million to join the parade of startups based on the premise that fans want to also be music makers.

Co-founders Stefan Heinrich Henriquez, former head of Global Marketing at TikTok and chief marketing officer at Cameo, and Akiva Bamberger, a former software engineer on Snap’s Spectacles have announced $4 million seed round.

Investors include Greycroft, Chicago Ventures, Slow Ventures, firstminute, Steven Galanis, Randi Zuckerberg, YouTuber Mr. Beasts’ Night media, Spotify’s first CMO Sophia Bendz, Cyan Banister, T-Pain and music industry vet Zach Katz.

Mayk.it hopes to be the Canva for music composition and sharing.

Here is the pitch:

Make Original Songs For Streaming or Social Media.

Collaborate with our team of professional producers to create completely customized songs on our virtual studio!

Still in beta, may,it has yet to release any user stats.

“I have been thinking about music since my time at TikTok, and I was really thinking about building something on my own, but then it took me another year to finally have the guts to do it,” Henriquez told TechCrunch. “Then when the pandemic started, I think so many people were thinking about like, ‘What am I doing with my life?’ ”

Bruce Houghton is Founder and Editor of Hypebot and MusicThinkTank and serves as a Senior Advisor to Bandsintown which acquired both publications in 2019. He is the Founder and President of the Skyline Artists Agency and a professor for the Berklee College Of Music.