# Nike Accelerator

> Nike Accelerator is a VC fund in Beaverton backing Fitness, Health Care and Mobile. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beaverton, United States
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Mar 2013
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.nikeaccelerator.com

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fitness | 7 | 88% |
| Health Care | 5 | 63% |
| Mobile | 2 | 25% |
| Wellness | 2 | 25% |
| Toys | 1 | 13% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 6 | 75% |
| Canada | 1 | 13% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FitReserve | FitReserve is the premier multi-studio fitness membership that allows you to mix and match from over 200,000 classes/month at hundreds of top studios and gyms in NYC, LA, Chicago, Seattle, Boston and DC. FitReserve provides access to full studio schedules (including peak class times), plus access to exclusive insider studio and partner perks,events and more. |  | Seed | Mar 18, 2013 |  |
| HighFive Mobile | HighFive Mobile, Inc. develops mobile application for health and fitness routines based on real life activities. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts. | $20K | Seed | Mar 18, 2013 |  |
| GeoPalz | GeoPalz is a suite of family fitness products designed to help families lead active lives. It owns and operates Walk to Win, a fitness tracking platform that enables schools and charity organizations to raise funds. GeoPalz was launched in 2008 in Boulder, Colorado. |  | Seed | Mar 18, 2013 |  |
| FitCause | FitCause is a marketing tool that empowers consumers as participants in the corporate giving ecosystem. Our platform acts as a conduit between corporations and charitable organizations by developing campaigns that quantify fitness data in fitness apps, and linking these accomplishments to corporate donations. Using fitness applications andactivity trackers, participants contribute their activity (miles, steps, exercises, etc.) to campaigns and unlock corporate donations as they achieve milestones. These milestones are celebrated, prompting participants to share via social channels as they selflessly become brand ambassadors by engaging in already planned activities. Corporations are making significant, yearly financial commitments to non-profit organizations. They are also looking for organic methods of marketing to active consumers. Active consumers are already using fitness apps. FitCause frictionlessly adds incentive for them to push their personal goals even further. It's the perfect ecosystem for corporations, non-profit organizations and consumers. | $120K | Seed | Mar 18, 2013 |  |
| CoachBase | CoachBase app aims to empower the sport coaches with tools and resources to get better. CoachBase built a platform for coaches and teams where they can communicate and share games effectively.There are 135 million kids participating in sports in the USA alone and each of them have a coach. Coachbase is what these people need for winning a game.Coachbase has already been used by an NBA team, featured in a movie, in WSJ and most recently in a Phil Jackson commercial. | $335K | Seed | Mar 18, 2013 |  |
| NextStep.io | NextStep.io is not just about what you want to do next, but who can help get you there - connect your activity with a personal trainer, wellness coach or group to ‪#‎OwnToday‬Fitness activity tracking devices and apps offer tremendous potential to change the way people live – NextStep.io turns that potential into reality. NextStep.io organizesactivity data (Fuelband, FitBit, RunKeeper, etc) to identify habits and improve outcomes by connecting an individual to personal trainers, wellness coaches and groups. Personalized trends and goal progress are reported with simple indicators that engage individual users | $150K | Seed | Mar 18, 2013 |  |
| Sprout | Sprout is a health engagement platform enabling workplace wellbeing for corporate wellness. The platform provides employees with the resources needed to lead healthy lifestyles and to provide management with a solution to manage and measure its impact. It inspires employees to get fit and empowers employers to manage and quantify their corporatewellness.Sprout was founded in 2012 by Martha Switzer and Christina Ford and is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. |  | Seed | Mar 18, 2013 |  |
| Incomparable Things | Incomparable Things is building an inspiring and collaborative place to strive for an active and adventurous life. In our app, people scrapbook the stories of their adventures. We collect all the media people already create when they’re being active – from photos to location data, NikeFuel to tweets – and weave them together to tell visual,personal and complete stories that others can collect and aspire to. They are more memorable than a photo album and more inspiring than an activity data score. It is used by everyone from daily walkers to training triathletes, neighborhood arborists to polar expeditionists. | $20K | Seed | Mar 18, 2013 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Nike+ Fuel Lab](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nike-fuel-lab) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Techstars](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techstars) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [37 Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/37-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Nike Accelerator invest in?

Nike Accelerator invests primarily in Fitness, Health Care and Mobile startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Nike Accelerator last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Nike Accelerator closed in Mar 2013. Shizune tracks 8 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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