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Debow Musical Instruments

Debow Musical Instruments is the wooden-instrument venture Dan Debow started after leaving Shopify in early 2025. It is pre-launch: the site carries a tagline — "Real wood. Real vibration. For first notes and fresh starts." — and a note that a new instrument is being crafted.

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About

Debow Musical Instruments is the fourth company Dan Debow has founded, and the first that makes a physical object. He co-founded Workbrain, then Rypple, which Salesforce bought in 2012, then Helpful, which Shopify bought in 2019; he left Shopify in February 2025 after six years. DMI is at the pre-launch stage — debowmusic.com is a holding page carrying the tagline "Real wood. Real vibration. For first notes and fresh starts.", a note about crafting a new instrument, and a newsletter signup, with the company's other public presence on Instagram and Substack. No product, price, launch date or team beyond Debow has been published. He describes himself as its CEO.

Backers

No outside funding found; a founder-funded venture at pre-launch stage

Some figures are founder-stated, not independently confirmed

Quick answers

What is Debow Musical Instruments?

A pre-launch wooden musical instrument venture run by Dan Debow from Toronto. Its site says only that it is crafting a new instrument, under the line "Real wood. Real vibration. For first notes and fresh starts."

Who runs it?

Dan Debow, its CEO, who previously co-founded Workbrain, Rypple (sold to Salesforce in 2012) and Helpful (sold to Shopify in 2019), and left Shopify in February 2025.

Can you buy anything from it yet?

Not as of September 2026. The site collects newsletter signups and says an instrument is being crafted; no product or launch date is published.

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