We’re on the hunt for the next big disruptor in fitness and health. In this fast-paced, high-energy session, five visionary early-stage start-ups will take the stage to pitch their game-changing solutions in front of our expert judges and live audience. This is your front-row seat to the future of fitness, health, and wellness tech.
Selection Committee
- Eloiza Tecson, Founder & Managing Partner, EY Ventures Group
- Jim Crowell, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, The SageHouse
Eric Bormel, Director of Consumer Healthtech, Solomon Partners
Eloiza Tecson
Eloiza Tecson is a strategic executive leader, advisor, and investor with a passion for helping people create healthier, sustainable lifestyle habits. She has a proven track record of success in the health, wellness, and sports industry, having led several organizations like Lindora Wellness as the Chief Experience Officer, Orangetheory Fitness as the leader of Global Operations and Strategy, Red Bull North America, ALSAC/St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and F45 Training to achieve significant growth and impact. Now, she has co-founded and actively leads a new boutique wellness concept, E20, that focuses on using electro muscular stimulation (EMS) technologies to improve movement and promote recovery. In addition to leading E20, Eloiza serves as the Chief Executive Officer of LWI, the largest network of Lindora studios across Southern California. Eloiza is a pioneer in the development of new and innovative health and wellness programs, the design of organizational growth strategies, the establishment of processes to achieve operational excellence, and the implementation of integrated client and team member experiences. She is also a sought-after speaker and consultant on health, wellness, equity, investment and leadership topics.
Jim Crowell
Jim is a sought-after investor and advisor with more than 20 years of experience in the fitness and wellness industry. His impressive background includes six years as CEO at OPEX Fitness, 15 years of advising and educating fitness and technology companies, four years of owning multiple gyms, and five years as a successful energy hedge fund trader. Jim's expertise and guidance are highly sought-after by fitness and wellness companies worldwide, because of his quiet confidence and engaging personality.
Jim holds his MBA from the University of North Carolina and a double BS in Finance and Economics from Penn State University where he played for the Big Ten Men’s Tennis Team. In another life, he competed at The CrossFit Games in 2015.
Eric Bormel
Eric Bormel is an Investment Banking Director at Solomon Partners focused on the Consumer Healthtech sector.
With more than a dozen years of M&A and Capital Raise experience, Eric has advised 25+ clients in industry changing transactions with a combined value exceeding $15 billion.
Representative clients in the Consumer Healthtech sector include public companies such as Under Armour’s MyFitnessPal and Lululemon’s Mirror and innovative startups such as Willow Innovations and Wahoo Fitness.