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Mike Melby

Co-Executive Chairman at Ragnar Events

Newport Beach, California

Overview 

Mike Melby, a fitness and sports investor-operator, is the Co-Founder & Co-CEO of FitLab, where he serves as Managing Partner, overseeing investments and operations. With a background in private equity and venture capital, he has successfully invested in companies like Momentous and Freeletics, contributing to their growth and success in the wellness and fitness sector. Melby's career highlights include co-owning Cesena Football Club and serving as Co-Executive Chairman for various fitness and technology companies, showcasing his expertise in mergers & acquisitions, corporate development, and startup development within the entertainment and sports industries.

Work Experience 

  • Co-Founder & Co-CEO

    2019 - Current

    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.

FitLab is a fitness and sports lifestyle company that offers digital and boutique fitness studio experiences and merchandise.

Raised $60,000,000.00 from Atlas Credit Partners.

  • 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.

Aa family owned company distributing fitness equipment under the Assault Fitness and LifeCore Fitness brands

  • 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.

ELECTRIC is an online retailer that sells clothing, hats, bags, sunglasses, snow goggles, accessories, and eyewear lenses.

  • Co-Executive Chairman

    2021

    The world’s largest outdoor adventure running series.

Ragnar is the overnight running relay race.

Raised $8,158,836.00 from Partnership Capital Growth Investors and Partnership Capital Growth Investors.

  • Co-Executive Chairman

    2017

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

XPT is a performance lifestyle company, created by legendary big wave surfer Laird Hamilton and beach volleyball pro & model 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.

Momentous is a nutritional supplement company that provides performance products.

Raised $11,500,000.00 from Humble Growth.

  • Co-Executive Chairman

    2021

    The leading fitness creator app.

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