Startup CEO Discusses Business Growth After Receiving Funding
UF startup Peerfit founder and CEO Ed Buckley gained a lot of traction with his business after receiving investment funding and coaching from organizations like Florida Funders. Peerfit promotes corporate wellness by giving the workforce access to exercise classes and programs through an interactive tech platform. The company grew from just four employees to more […]
Healthy Business Group and Peerfit Announce Strategic Partnership
Healthy Business Group (HBG), a market leader in providing customers with access to a diverse set of innovative and disruptive health and well-being solutions, and UF startup Peerfit, the market leader in connecting employers and carriers with flexible fitness experiences, have teamed up to bring enhanced well-being to mid-market employers. With this partnership and others […]
Peerfit Nets $18 Million, Plus More Top Funding News for Tampa-Based Companies
Tampa-based health care company Peerfit, a UF startup, has secured $18 million in Series C funding, according to company database Crunchbase, topping the city’s recent funding headlines. The cash infusion was announced on March 19 and financed by Virgo Investment Group. According to its Crunchbase profile, “Peerfit is the market leader in connecting employers and carriers with innovative […]
Peerfit Receives $18 Million Investment to Expand Wellness Offerings
UF startup Peerfit has received an $18 million investment from private equity firm Virgo Investment Group, Palo Alto, California, opening the digital health company’s Series C funding round. As part of the investment, Virgo Managing Director Pooja Goel is joining Peerfit’s board of directors. “Peerfit has identified a unique need in the employer wellness and […]
Peerfit Snags $18 Million in Latest Funding Round
UF startup Peerfit, the Tampa-based digital health startup, has secured another multimillion-dollar funding deal. An $18 million Series C funding deal with Peerfit closed March 18, according to Virgo Investment Group managing director Pooja Goel in an interview with the Tampa Bay Business Journal. The investment group is based out of Silicon Valley. The clincher for the […]
Peerfit Pushes Deeper Into Medicare Advantage Markets
Digital fitness benefits platform Peerfit, a UF startup located in Tampa, has announced that it will be launching a new service in 2020 built specifically for Medicare Advantage plan members. Peerfit Move will work much like its parent service, allowing users to book fitness appointments and gym memberships while connecting to a community of other […]
Peerfit Prepares for Medicare Expansion with Peerfit Move, Recruits Industry Veteran
UF startup Peerfit, the first and only digital health company to work with employers to fully fund fitness experiences for their employees, announced that healthcare industry veteran Luisa Charbonneauwill be joining as a Senior Adviser. Charbonneau’s arrival comes on the heels of Peerfit’s expansion into the Medicare Advantage space with Peerfit Move, a new fitness benefit that […]
How to Lead by Example and Share the Power With Peerfit CEO Ed Buckley
Leadership means serving the people below you. That’s true leadership that I teach to our department heads and anyone in a leadership position at Peerfit. The only way that you can use power correctly is to give it out to the people around you. Peerfit CEO Ed Buckley lives and leads the UF startup’s creed […]
Peerfit’s Fitness Benefits Platform Is Now Courting Consumers (MobiHealthNews)
UF startup Peerfit has unveiled a direct-to-consumer version of its digital platform for fitness benefits. Rather than offering employees redeemable fitness class credits through a paying employer, users can now choose the number of class credits they would like to receive through a pay-as-you-go subscription service. Access to the platform will run consumers $8.95 per […]
Two Tampa Bay Tech Companies Get a National Spotlight (St. Pete Catalyst)
The CEOs of UF startup Peerfit, a Tampa digital fitness business, and Marxent, an augmented and virtual reality firm in St. Petersburg, made national news as they highlighted the growth of their companies. Ed Buckley, chairman and CEO of Peerfit, was quoted in the Wall Street Journal Friday in a news story about how the […]