Silicon Canals
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    • News
    • Startups
    • Scaleups
    • Coin Canals
    • FinTech
    • AI and chatbots
    • Travel & Mobility
    • Software & SaaS
    • Event News
    • Health & Medtech
    • (Crowd)funding
    • Blockchain
    • Internet of things
    • Hardware
    • Accelerators
    • E-commerce
    • Cybersecurity
    • Gaming & Virtual Reality
    • Drones
  • Exclusive content
    • Partner content
    • Community partners
    • Amsterdam
    • Rise by Techleap.nl
    • EOR handbook by Atlas HXM
    • Guest Contributions
    • Business Wire
    • Sign up for our newsletter!
  • Global Jobs
  • Tech Events
    • Technology Events
    • Event News
    • Submit event
  • Contact
    • Contact us
    • Contribute your content
    • Team
    • About us
  • Partner with us
  • Home
  • News
    • News
    • Startups
    • Scaleups
    • Coin Canals
    • FinTech
    • AI and chatbots
    • Travel & Mobility
    • Software & SaaS
    • Event News
    • Health & Medtech
    • (Crowd)funding
    • Blockchain
    • Internet of things
    • Hardware
    • Accelerators
    • E-commerce
    • Cybersecurity
    • Gaming & Virtual Reality
    • Drones
  • Exclusive content
    • Partner content
    • Community partners
    • Amsterdam
    • Rise by Techleap.nl
    • EOR handbook by Atlas HXM
    • Guest Contributions
    • Business Wire
    • Sign up for our newsletter!
  • Global Jobs
  • Tech Events
    • Technology Events
    • Event News
    • Submit event
  • Contact
    • Contact us
    • Contribute your content
    • Team
    • About us
  • Partner with us
No Result
View All Result
Silicon Canals
No Result
View All Result

Former Booking.com executive joins this Amsterdam-based fitness app company as CCO: What’s more?

Editorial team by Editorial team
August 2, 2018
in Scaleups, Software & SaaS
Former Booking.com executive joins this Amsterdam-based fitness app company as CCO: What’s more?
14
SHARES
LinkedInTwitterWhatsAppFacebook
Read this article in:

Every year, fitness industry evolves and develop further, where partner training, group training and other business models are becoming popular. While, there are numerous fitness applications which are trying to win the race in the Dutch market, but there’s one which has lately caught our attention for the bold new developments taking place in the company.

The talk is about the Amsterdam-based fitness app company Virtuagym, which has appointed Lennart Gijsen as the new Chief Commercial Officer (CCO). The former head of marketing in Booking.com holds years of expertise in marketing and product management in SaaS and e-commerce sectors.

In addition to his role in Booking.com, he also had a stint open-source groupware platform Zarafa as Head of Marketing Communications.

Strengthening markets!

Having said that, Gijsen will be mainly concentrating on strengthening Virtuagym’s international growth and will work with the product and innovation teams to optimize Virtuagym’s services for local markets. “We are happy to have Lennart on board,” says Paul Braam, CEO, and co-founder of Virtuagym. “With his passion for innovation and his experience with SaaS, we are convinced that he will help us to grow Virtuagym faster than ever.”

- Partner content -
Atlas HXM EOR Employee of Record
How EOR is becoming a crucial tool in 2023
EOR gains importance as companies digitise and hire globally. Learn from industry leaders...Show More
EOR gains importance as companies digitise and hire globally. Learn from industry leaders using EOR with Atlas HXM.Show Less
Read more

“It is great to be part of this adventure,” says Gijsen. “I can not wait to get started with the Virtuagym team and deliver our solutions to more and more fitness professionals around the world. We have a great product and a nice customer base. I see plenty of opportunities to enter new markets and expand our presence in existing markets.”

Raised € 6 million led by Endeit Capital

In the recent past, Virtuagym raised € 6 million in its second round of funding led by Endeit Capital. Virtuagym will be using this capital to expand its presence in new markets especially in America and Europe and develop innovative products like yoga studios, martial arts dojos, and dance studios.

Founded in 2008 by Hugo Braam and Paul Braam, Virtuagym is an online fitness platform that offers basic exercise, personal training, and tailor-made nutrition plans for users.

The company has its presence in the fitness space in more than 80 countries, including important European markets and the US.

The company provides the software solution for both client coaching and membership management across the globe. The software includes exercise and nutrition coaching, mobile apps, online coaching, client and staff management, scheduling, invoicing, online payments, access control, and more.

Available in both Android and iOS, the Virtuagym app has a database of more than 4,000 workouts, which can be viewed as 3D animations or written instructions.

This app connects with Fitbit devices and tied up with a wearable maker NEO Health, which makes activity tracker and a body composition scale.

The Virtuagym serves both B2C and B2B, where it competes with other fitness apps, at the same time, it offers an “all-in-one” cloud-based solution for fitness providers, including tools for booking, billing, and member management.

As of now, the company employs around 200 people spread over Amsterdam, Los Angeles and Medellin. At present, Virtuagym supports around 11 million consumers, 4,500 health clubs and 25,000 trainers around the world, including fitness chains Basic-Fit (NL), Xercise4Less (UK), various YMCAs (US) and XSport (USA).

With the rapid growth in technology, the way consumers interact with health and fitness centers and their trainers is changing gradually. Virtuagym, which is uniquely positioned right now has the potential to successfully tap into the unclaimed space in their field.

Stay tuned to Silicon Canals for more updates in the tech startup media world.

 - Partner content -
How to succesfully outsource…
How to succesfully outsource…
...your recruitment or product development with our curated community partners!
...your recruitment or product development with our curated community partners! Show Less
Read more
Tags: amsterdamappDutch StartupsSaaS
Share1Tweet4SendShare6

Partner with us | Download Media Kit

Thank you for visiting Silicon Canals! If you want to partner with us, look at our options.

Featured | Tech Events

Current Month

september, 2023

Silicon Canals | Jobs

Breaking news from Amsterdam | Partner

Amsterdam’s Invest-NL backs Extantia Capital’s decarbonisation mission with €10M investment

Amsterdam’s SET Ventures launches €200M; aims to back these many European energy startups

Amsterdam’s Invest-NL takes center stage in protecting Dutch companies from unwanted takeovers: Here’s how

Partner content | Work with us

Invest-NL secures €350M in guarantees for Dutch sustainable ventures through InvestEU partnership: Know more

Looking for a job in Amsterdam? These unicorns are hiring currently hiring

Amsterdam’s hypeal.com raises €188K to reshape the way digital assets are utilised

  • About Silicon Canals
  • Partner with Silicon Canals
  • Impressum
  • Contact us
  • Sign up for our newsletter!
  • Disclaimer
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Policy (UK)
  • Cookie Policy (EU)
  • Terms & Conditions Silicon Canals

Silicon Canals © 2014-2023 | Design: Bright Idiots. Images: Depositphotos

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    • News
    • Startups
    • Scaleups
    • Coin Canals
    • FinTech
    • AI and chatbots
    • Travel & Mobility
    • Software & SaaS
    • Event News
    • Health & Medtech
    • (Crowd)funding
    • Blockchain
    • Internet of things
    • Hardware
    • Accelerators
    • E-commerce
    • Cybersecurity
    • Gaming & Virtual Reality
    • Drones
  • Exclusive content
    • Partner content
    • Community partners
    • Amsterdam
    • Rise by Techleap.nl
    • EOR handbook by Atlas HXM
    • Guest Contributions
    • Business Wire
    • Sign up for our newsletter!
  • Global Jobs
  • Tech Events
    • Technology Events
    • Event News
    • Submit event
  • Contact
    • Contact us
    • Contribute your content
    • Team
    • About us
  • Partner with us

Silicon Canals © 2014-2023 | Design: Bright Idiots. Images: Depositphotos

X
X