{"id":4727,"date":"2019-10-23T17:57:39","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T17:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paymentfacilitator.com\/?p=4727"},"modified":"2022-06-28T09:11:14","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T15:11:14","slug":"mindbody-invests-in-fitt-wellness-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/infinicept.com\/payment-facilitator\/archive\/mindbody-invests-in-fitt-wellness-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"MINDBODY Invests in Fitt Wellness Platform"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Further raising its profile within the global health and wellness space,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodyonline.com\/\">MINDBODY<\/a>   has made a strategic investment in\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fitt.co\/\"><strong>Fitt<\/strong><\/a><strong>, a location-based healthy living platform that helps users find nearby fitness studios, restaurants, outdoor adventures, and events.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MINDBODY is a technology and payments platform serving the boutique beauty and wellness industries. The company was\u00a0acquired   by investment firm Vista Partners earlier this year. Since then, it has announced plans to\u00a0expand globally   by acquiring Simplicity First, a software platform based in India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe continually look for innovative ways to bring wellness experiences to local communities worldwide and our strategic investment in and partnership with Fitt exemplifies this,\u201d Josh McCarter, president of MINDBODY, said in a&nbsp;press release.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMINDBODY continues to play an outsized role in the discovery and delivery of wellness services and activities through its investments. We believe this partnership, along with the MINDBODY app, can effectively meet the wellness needs of a growing group of health-conscious consumers,\u201d McCarter continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fitt plans to use its funding to expand to new locations and add content and new features to its platform.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhether it\u2019s boutique fitness studios, plant-based restaurants, or wellness festivals, healthy is in high-demand,\u201d said Anthony Vennare, co-founder and CEO of Fitt.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWith support from an incredible strategic partner in MINDBODY, we\u2019re focused on providing even more value for users with features like fitness class registration, event booking, and more,\u201d Vennare said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fitt operates in 31 cities in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Australia. The funding round in which MINDBODY participated was led by Mountain State Capital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Further raising its profile within the global health and wellness space, MINDBODY   has made a strategic investment in Fitt, a location-based healthy living platform that helps users find nearby fitness studios, restaurants, outdoor adventures, and events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1015],"tags":[229,303,332,533],"class_list":["post-4727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","tag-digital-payments","tag-fintech","tag-funding","tag-mindbody"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/infinicept.com\/payment-facilitator\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/infinicept.com\/payment-facilitator\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/infinicept.com\/payment-facilitator\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/infinicept.com\/payment-facilitator\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/infinicept.com\/payment-facilitator\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4727"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/infinicept.com\/payment-facilitator\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8785,"href":"http:\/\/infinicept.com\/payment-facilitator\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4727\/revisions\/8785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/infinicept.com\/payment-facilitator\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/infinicept.com\/payment-facilitator\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/infinicept.com\/payment-facilitator\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}