News, Media & Spotlights
March Headlines Spotlight
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Tether investment backs Eight Sleep at $1.5B valuation to boost AI health technology.
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Grow Therapy, a mental healthcare infrastructure platform, raised a $150M Series D at a $3B valuation.
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French food giant Danone acquired UK-based functional nutrition brand Huel for €1B (~$1.15B)
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Salma Health, operator of tech-enabled brain health clinics, emerged with $80M in funding.
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Senior care platform Sage, closed a $65M Series C led by Goldman Sachs.
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Indian brain health wearable maker Temple secured $54M in a funding round.
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India’s Mosaic Wellness raises $21.8M led by 360 One Asset.
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XENOM, a CrossFit-partnered fitness competition, raised $15M in a seed round led by Jeffrey Katzenberg’s WndrCo.
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Sweat-Reading wearable by Hong Kong startup PointFit, hits $10M valuation.
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Solo60 raises $3.3M for private, app-bookable micro-gyms.
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Temasek Holdings expands investment footprint in India’s booming fitness sector with bigger investment into Cult.fit.
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Smart ring maker Oura acquired Finnish biometric gesture-control tech developer Doublepoint.
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UK-based health club operator David Lloyd Leisure acquired luxury club operator Aspria Group, significantly boosting its European presence.
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Mexican boutique fitness operator Commando acquired Lapso Studios, a Spanish multi-modality studio chain.
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Food tracking app MyFitnessPal acquired AI-powered nutrition app Cal AI.
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Purpose Brands announced plans to expand Orangetheory Fitness to over 100 studios in Japan through new 10-year master franchise agreement.
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Tribute Brands' PILAT3S concept secures an exclusive 20 studio rollout in Switzerland with Let’s Go Fitness.
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Frasers Group has launched its first elevated concept, Everlast Gyms+, in London.
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Peloton is now selling equipment to gyms, starting with treadmills and bikes, leveraging its relationship with Precor.
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Daxko's new platform helps gyms link their members with licensed telehealth providers to offer GLP-1s.
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Technogym rolled out the next iteration of its AI ecosystem, with new tools for operators and personal trainers.
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Myzone introduced strength tracking, a new integration with Garmin and a new device, the Switch 2.0, as it leans into motivation tech.
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Barry’s celebrates milestone moment as 100th studio opens.
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Life Fitness / Hammer Strength is adding to its already massive footprint, striking partnerships with Merrithew, Les Mills and Evolt.
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Echelon partnered with Primal, part of a collaboration designed to merge connected tech with top-tier strength equipment.
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Aescape CEO Eric Litman pivots to create health optimisation membership company, Healthspanners.
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Kommunity Fitness eyes US market, hiring former Club Pilates president Mike Gray.
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EGYM Hussle and Serco Leisure unite to strengthen corporate fitness offering and help employees ‘make more of every day’ across the UK.
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(ISSA) International Sports Sciences Association is partnering with Cult.fit, the largest fitness platform in India, to expand world-class personal training.
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FitGrid and Studio Grow partner to accelerate the adoption of a new industry standard for comparative intelligence and market-aware action in boutique fitness.
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ATHX Games and Uptivo partner to bring live performance tracking to competition and club.
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Virgin Active has become an exclusive partner of Hyrox Youngstars.
SOURCE: These headlines are sourced from media websites such as Athletech News, Australasian Leisure Management, Fitt Insider, HCM, Leisure Opportunities, Spa Business and others.
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