Gym Member Engagement Platform and Personalized Nutrition Brand Named Most Innovative by Industry Leaders
The Connected Health & Fitness Summit, a two-day event bringing together leaders of top fitness and wellness brands, has named Coach Welly and Gainful as winners of its prestigious Innovation Showcase.
The 5th Annual Connected Health & Fitness Summit event in Los Angeles, California featured speakers including SoulCycle CEO Evelyn Webster; Crystal Zell, Tonal CEO. Brian Myers, CEO of Solid Core. Sam Cole, his CEO and co-founder of FitXR. Les Mills US CEO Sean Turner and others.
Fitness and wellness brands were invited to apply to introduce themselves on the main stage in front of an audience of over 300 industry leaders. A seven-person selection committee of industry experts from leading investment groups screened and vetted the applications, and the eight finalists selected introduced their companies and products and conducted a live Q&A before the audience We voted for our favorite startups to win the “Viewer’s Choice Winner.” title.
The winner in the Fitness & Fitness Tech category of the Innovation Showcase was Coach Welly, an Australian health tech platform with an app that provides personalized tracking and gamification software for gym members. World Gym Australia recently tapped a fitness engagement company to increase customer loyalty and satisfaction across more than 230 stores.
Gainful, which offers a personalized approach to protein and supplements, including online quizzes, also impressed the audience and secured the top spot in the wellness category. With demand for ingestible wellness products at an all-time high, the direct-to-consumer wellness company entered Target retail stores in an exclusive partnership last year.
The selection committee shortlisted the following eight finalists:
Fitness showcase:
- Brandon Beane, Lumin Fitness
- Melissa Vice of Regen-Method
- Owen Bowling, Coach Wherry (winner)
- From Sam Miller, Proteus Motion
Wellness Showcase:
- Matthew Polowitz, Equa Health
- Dean Kelly, Gainful (winner)
- Jonathan Scheiman, FitBiomics
- Biquan Luo of LumosTech
