 In 2016 Umek co-founded a new music start-up company Viberate, which analyzes musicians and ranks them by their popularity and which already moved from his home city of Ljubljana to Silicon Valley.During 2016 Umek teamed up once again with Toolroom Records and released his first ever music production course, titled "Techno Masterclass with Umek", featuring 5,5 hours of quality music production tips and tricks.On December 21, 2018, Umek celebrated 25 years of making music at the sold-out event in Ljubljana, receiving congratulations from British techno DJ and producer Carl Cox and the President of the Republic of Slovenia, Borut Pahor, among others.