With 1m Downloads Under Its Belt, Gain Fitness Raises $2.1m To Put A Personal Trainer In Every Pocket

Behind its platform aspirations , GAIN raised just under $1 million in seed funding from investors like Keith Rabois, Ben Ling and InterWest Partners, among others. Having recently crossed one million downloads and looking to accelerate growth and continue its evolution into a full-service fitness platform, GAIN is bringing some more coin to its coffers. A filing with the SEC today revealed that the startup has raised an additional $2.1 million in venture funding led by InterWest, with contributions from its existing investors. GAIN co-founder and CEO Nick Gammell tells us that the new capital will support some big changes that the startup has in store for its apps and fitness marketplace, the latter of which my colleague Colleen Taylor covered in detail earlier this year . Although the startup isnt ready to share details yet, he did say that we can expect some big product and business news to arrive in the next few months.
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Cirrus Fitness Launches First-of-its-Kind Officially Branded Collegiate Fitness Equipment

Personally, I love how my home gym now resembles the University of Wisconsin Badger’s varsity gym.” Cirrus Fitness has introduced two product lines Cirrus Performance Edition and Cirrus by Cybex. The Cirrus Performance Edition consists of exercise / yoga mats, stability balls and medicine balls for home, personal and professional use with additional products coming in 2014. The Cirrus by Cybex line is a collection of professional-grade fitness machines including treadmills, arc trainers, and upright bikes for exercise enthusiasts and top performing athletes. Cirrus’ products can currently be found in university bookstores, collegiate affinity stores, big-box retail and online at http://www.cirrusfitness.com . Through the end of the year, consumers will receive free shipping on all orders placed on cirrusfitness.com. About Cirrus Fitness Founded in 2012, Cirrus Fitness is the premier manufacturer of authentic collegiate and professional sports licensed fitness equipment for home, personal and professional use.The products afford alumni, students, athletes and fans the opportunity to display passion for their school or favorite professional team from the comfort of their home, yoga or fitness studio or local gym.
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Retro Fitness acquires two Rapid Fitness centers

Michael Rattenni , who owns and operates the Rapid Fitness gyms in the Triangle, is somewhat of a serial entrepreneur. In addition to owning various gym locations, he also owns a management company that operates fitness centers. In this arrangement, one company owns the physical gym while Rattenni, through a company named Triumph Group Management, operates the facility. Rattenni has had an affiliation with many Retro Fitness locations on the east coast for the past seven years, so the two fitness centers already had much in common. Naturally, TGM operates the Rapid Fitness centers.
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