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Mike Melby

Fitness-Sport. Investor-Operator. Italian-American.

Newport Beach, California

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Skills

Private Equity
Venture Capital
Financial Modeling
Mergers & Acquisitions
Start-ups
Corporate Development
Valuation
Emerging Markets
Capital
Investment Banking
Entrepreneurship
Spanish
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Investments
Surfing
Technology
Payments
Startup Development
Business Planning
Italian

Education

Work Experience

2016

  • Co-Founder & Co-CEO

    2019

    FitLab Inc. is a performance lifestyle company. We build hybrid fitness experiences & related commerce offerings in partnership with iconic athletes & brands for next-generation consumers. Our brand portfolio includes Nike Studios, Racked, Ragnar, XPT, McGregor FAST, Electric, RPM, Momentous, Yoga Vida, Sanctuary Fitness, Fitplan, Freeletics, Spartan FIT, and more to come.

  • Managing Partner

    2016

    FitLab VC is a venture studio & fund, focused on fitness & sport lifestyle.

  • Co-Owner

    2023

  • Co-Executive Chairman

    2024

    Assault Fitness was founded in 2004, and designs, manufactures & supplies the products that fitness enthusiasts around the world love to hate — the AssaultBike, AssaultRower & AssaultRunner. Assault is the leader in non-motorized (human-powered) cardio equipment, and their products are utilized by athletes across professional sports organizations, CrossFit & the U.S. military, in addition to torturing everyday fitness enthusiasts.

  • Investor & Board Member

    2018

    Freeletics is the leading digital fitness platform in Europe and already becoming a global athletic lifestyle brand.

  • Co-Executive Chairman

    2020

    Electric is a sport lifestyle accessories company that has been a leading brand & voice in action sports for 20 years.

  • Co-Executive Chairman

    2021

    The world’s largest outdoor adventure running series.

  • Co-Executive Chairman

    2017

    XPT, Extreme Performance Training™, is a performance lifestyle company, founded by Laird Hamilton & Gabby Reece.

  • Co-Executive Chairman

    2019

    Inspiring movement by creating quality products and apparel, designed to help athletes & adventurers everywhere improve performance and ultimately get more enjoyment out of the activities they love.

  • Investor & Former Board Member

    2019

    Momentous engineers premium nutritional performance products. Products are all NSF Certified for Sport and preferred in many NFL, NBA, NHL, and NCAA locker rooms.

  • Co-Executive Chairman

    2021

    The leading fitness creator app.