This month’s vlog was filmed at Singapore’s first STRONG Pilates studio in OUE Downtown. Thank you to Alicia Pan and the team at this fantastic brand for their hospitality.
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- The big deal done this month, EGYM raised $225M from Jared Kushner’s Firm and prepares for IPO
- Hyperice landed a $100M strategic growth capital facility from Atlas Credit Partners
- Chinese fitness platform Keep scored HK$313.5M by selling 10M shares in its IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
- HealthifyMe, an Indian startup using CGMs and AI coaching to improve well-being, secured $30M in a pre-Series D round
- Shanghai-based gym chain Tera Wellness raised 115M Yuan in a funding round
- Precor will become the worldwide distributor of Stages Cycling’s commercial product lines
- TRX acquires functional equipment maker YBell
- Viva Leisure, showed some great year-end results with revenue up 55.4% and its total corporate locations increasing by 20 to 171 sites. Another huge financial year performance by Harry and his team.
- BFT reserved its first territories in 4 new countries – Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia and Spain. It also confirmed 11 studio openings in June, including its 250th globally. 250 clubs, what a milestone, many congrats to Cam, Rich and the team.
- China was announced as the largest recipient of HealthTech Venture Capital in Asia-Pacific with India as the second Largest, then South Korean, Singapore and then Japan
- China smart fitness brand Speediance successfully secured 50M Yuan, a deal led by Oriza Holdings and Haiyi Investment.
- In Japan, microbiome-focused drug discovery startup Metagen Therapeutics closed 1.7B Yen across two Series A rounds
- In India, healthcare-focused venture studio 2070 Health landed $30M from W Health Ventures
- Bollywood actress Parineeti Chopra invested in Indian personal care brand Clensta as part of a $9.1M pre-Series B round
- Indian hospital network Mykare Health raised $2.01M to improve the patient experience.
- WatchYourHealth, a health tech startup from India raised $2.2M in a Seed round by Conquest Global Ventures
- BoAt Lifestyle launches in India as Asia’s first Smart Ring competing with Oura, it tracks your health and fitness metrics, including heart rate, SpO2, sleep, and temperature
- Back in Singapore, Amili, a Singapore-based precision gut microbiome firm, secured an undisclosed investment from Indonesian VC firm East Ventures
- Singapore-based DTC menstrual care brand Blood raised S$2M in a Series A round led by D2G Consumer Partners
- LES MILLS LIVE Singapore brought together more than 5,700 participants for a multi-day live fitness experience in June to celebrate the power of live workouts and new partnerships with adidas, SportSG and BODY BIKE
- The Fit Guide has launched in Singapore after successful London and New York launches, highlighting the city’s leading fitness clubs and experiences.
- COMO Group in Singapore is launching COMO Orchard, an impressive 19-storey establishment encompassing a hotel and a Michelin-starred restaurant.
- ALLY Singapore, premium spin studio, introduced their brand new ALLY REFORMER workouts
- STRONG Pilates is opening its second studio in Singapore in August within Yoga Movement’s Orchard Flagship Studio
- After opening 9 studios in Singapore, Yoga Movement also opens up opportunities for licensing or franchising the brand globally
- Jal Yoga opens their 6th studio in the heartlands of Singapore
- Fast growing personal training studio brand MOVE Private Fitness from Malaysia has open its 6th club
- Believe Fitness announces the launch of four new clubs coming up in Malaysia this year
- Spartans Boxing Club is opening its first branch in the Philippines and launching a second branch in Dubai later in the year. Global franchise opportunities are now open across APAC and the Middle East.
- Australian digital health company Midnight Health added A$15M in Series B funding from insurer nib.
- Nutromics, a DNA diagnostic platform, secured $14M to expand in Australia and the US
- Verve InfoTech crowdfunded half a million dollars to develop its proprietary power meters in the sports performance and healthtech sectors
- Club Lime, owned by Viva Leisure, opened its 103rd Club Lime in Robina Queensland. They added 20 corporate locations to their network this financial year.
- Plus Fitness sold 4 new territories last month to end the financial year strongly which is a great effort by the team
- Xponential celebrates their 350th studio open outside of North America with StretchLab Rozelle in Sydney, Australia
Self Esteem Brands expand their brands, announcing a new franchise Sumhiit Fitness, CWG their Australian Master Franchisee will open the 1st location in late Q3 - StretchFit is hosting their first StretchFit summit – several short courses for StretchFit teachers and interested practitioners including PT’s, massage therapists and physios
- Hapana signed off on a brand new agreement with our amazing partners over at BFT
- As the Hyrox official training partner, BFT saw 9000 members participate in the Hyrox PFT day last month.
- Australia’s UBX launches its first US location in New York.
- From Sweden, Barebells & NOCCO are now working with their new distributor Functional Food Club Company, in expanding their brand presence across the SEA market
- LES MILLS have selected BODY BIKE SMART+ for the filming of RPM100 in Los Angeles, July 28-30. A milestone release for an iconic program with the ultimate indoor cycles
- SHUA Fitness is the official sponsor of the Asian Games. They also just released their new treadmill T310 with several new patented and innovative features and designs
- Revo Fitness, Australia’s fastest-growing fitness chain, has joined forces with Wexer to expand their digital offering.
- Wexer also now partners with digital health and insurance provider HUSK – providing over 10 million HUSK users with access to high-quality fitness and wellness content
- Our friends at BODDY secure a $2.2M in seed round, fuelling product evolution and global expansion
- FITREC announces that Active IQ is now officially recognised as a provider of FITREC LEVEL A certifications
- Active IQ also expanded its international offerings with Move Fitness in Egypt and AfroFit in Kenya became the first approved international centers to offer Active IQ programmes.
- Keepme are excited for TruFusion, one of their latest customers to implement Keepme Enterprise across all their studios in the US and UAE. They also launched a new generative AI tool ‘Keepme Creator’.
- ABC Fitness has rebranded globally, bringing their unified branding to life across their platforms, including ABC Glofox, ABC GymSales and ABC Trainerize
- TITLE Boxing Club has partnered with ABC Glofox to support the international Clubs and are looking for master franchisees in several countries in Asia Pacific as well as the Middle East
- Core Health & Fitness receives Gold’s Gym, India “Vendor Partner of the Year” 2023 Award
- From launching a Mental Health Questionnaire with MH1 to hosting educational webinars and beyond, Matrix Fitness is committed to helping fitness professionals become the mental health experts of their facilities.
- Xponential launches XPLUS training bays for commercial properties and expanded selection of digital workouts to Lululemon Studio.
At 85-years-young, Studio Pilates member Ed from Sydney Australia, not only smashed out their gruelling Hell Week Challenge (10 classes in 5 days) but in just over a year has also completed 179 classes! Incredible achievement Ed and inspiration to us all – no matter what age you are.
