Seratone: Studio-Quality Karaoke With Your Existing Speakers

BackerKit surveys, cases shipped, and a trip to Taiwan
9 days ago – Wed, Oct 21, 2026 at 02:51:05 PM

Hey everyone,

We love seeing all of you joining the Facebook group, if you haven’t yet please click the link below and get in there. 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1402590097374675

We want to provide you all with a quick update on where things are at!

First, the BackerKit surveys are out. If you’ve completed your payments (some Pledge Over Time backers are still finishing up), you should have received yours. That’s where you give us your shipping address, and you can keep it updated there if you move before we ship. You can also pick up add-ons there, like a second mic. Unfortunately Backerkit does not allow us to send our surveys until the payment status is complete, but do not worry, this will not affect anyone’s delivery. 

Now the fun stuff. I’m heading to Taiwan at the end of the month to inspect and test our final production boards. The original plan was last week, but one of our partners had a setback and needed a bit more time before inspection. Expect plenty of behind-the-scenes material from the trip (our facebook group will get the most content, so hope you’re in there!). 

In the meantime, the hard cases have been made and shipped to the factory in Taiwan. We’re also hard at work on all the smaller pieces, like instruction manuals and a guided web-based setup to help you optimize your setup as easily as possible.

Everything is in motion and we’re pushing hard to deliver quickly. There have been some challenges though, mostly thanks to the AI boom. Prices have gone up, but we’re absorbing that, so it won’t be passed on to you. The biggest headache has been packaging materials for shipping chips to the factory. AI demand is eating up even the wrapping and boxes, so even when parts are available, getting them delivered has been slow. But hey, at least we get slop, right? Joking aside, everyone at Seratone and our partners are rolling with the punches and moving toward production as fast as possible.

Once inspection is done, I’ll have a much clearer picture of the shipping schedule. I’m excited to share what I see at the factory in the coming weeks, with a full production update soon after. Until then, thanks for backing us, and take care.

JP

692 backers. $283,752. Thank you!
about 1 month ago – Sat, Sep 19, 2026 at 09:45:07 AM

That's where we landed, and I'm still a little stunned by it.

When Matt and I started Seratone, the whole pitch was simple: great karaoke shouldn't need a sound guy. 692 of you looked at that and said yes. Thank you.

Here's what happens next:

Production is already moving. We placed our first manufacturing run in Taiwan back when we launched, so we're not starting cold now that the campaign's closed. We are currently just waiting for critical components before we can start assembly.

You'll receive a backerkit survey in the next few weeks which will have a short survey and is vital to confirm your shipping address.

The hard case, wireless receivers, and extra mics stay available in the Backerkit pledge manager, so if you missed one during the campaign you can still add it.

We'll keep posting here as we go. Real updates, including the honest bumps when they come.
That's how we've done this from the start.

If you're not in the VIP Facebook group yet, that's where the daily back-and-forth lives. Come say hi. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1402590097374675/

To all 692 of you: you didn't just buy a product, you bet on a small team. We're going to earn it.

-JP

Launch Report - We're fully funded!!
2 months ago – Thu, Aug 20, 2026 at 12:13:11 AM

Let me start by saying you all are incredible! The response over the first two days has completely knocked our socks off.

• Funded in 8 minutes
• 1,000% funded in just over 8 hours

And not even 48 hours later, we've already blown past $170,000 in funding from 446 amazing backers. And the best part? With almost 30 days to go, our karaoke revolution is just getting started.

And there's more — we've already hit our stretch goal.

Passing $150,000 means every single backer gets 2 free months of KaraFun Premium included. That's on all of you. Way to go.

Thanks to you, Seratone is real, and I can't wait to share the whole journey with you.

If you want to help: send the link to someone who loves singing as much as we do. Together we can get Seratone into the hands of as many people as possible, and create a little more joy and connection through music.

Thanks for being part of this. It's just the start. 

-Jean-Pierre
Founder, Seratone