# Skip Besthoff > Skip Besthoff is a Series B investor at PSG Equity (Boston) backing Fitness and News. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [PSG Equity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/psg-86fb) - Location: Boston, United States - Total investments: 7 - Last investment: Nov 2023 - Lead investor: 86% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/skipbesthoff/ Skip Besthoff is a Series B investor at PSG Equity in Boston focused on Fitness and News. Skip Besthoff is the Managing Director at Providence Strategic Growth. Skip Besthoff attended Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Management. ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Fitness | 2 | 29% | | News | 1 | 14% | | Video | 1 | 14% | | Advice | 1 | 14% | | EdTech | 1 | 14% | 17 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Series B | 1 | 14% | | Series C | 1 | 14% | | Series D | 1 | 14% | | Private Equity | 1 | 14% | ### Country | Country | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | United States | 2 | 29% | | Germany | 1 | 14% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Sport Alliance | Sport Alliance is a provider of software for gyms and fitness providers. It makes sports easily accessible by digitizing the fitness industry. As the market leader in Germany and Austria, they rely on state-of-the-art technologies and methods to create a cloud-based platform that can manage all relevant business processes from independent gyms tointernational chains. Building on this, they have created a unique ecosystem of innovative value-added services in the areas of fintech, e-commerce, and lead generation. The company's offices are located in Hamburg, Mainz, Vienna, and Kraków. | $100M | Private Equity | Nov 27, 2023 | | | Sport Alliance | Sport Alliance is a provider of software for gyms and fitness providers. It makes sports easily accessible by digitizing the fitness industry. As the market leader in Germany and Austria, they rely on state-of-the-art technologies and methods to create a cloud-based platform that can manage all relevant business processes from independent gyms tointernational chains. Building on this, they have created a unique ecosystem of innovative value-added services in the areas of fintech, e-commerce, and lead generation. The company's offices are located in Hamburg, Mainz, Vienna, and Kraków. | $70.1M | Private Equity | Aug 19, 2021 | | | Sport Alliance | Sport Alliance is a provider of software for gyms and fitness providers. It makes sports easily accessible by digitizing the fitness industry. As the market leader in Germany and Austria, they rely on state-of-the-art technologies and methods to create a cloud-based platform that can manage all relevant business processes from independent gyms tointernational chains. Building on this, they have created a unique ecosystem of innovative value-added services in the areas of fintech, e-commerce, and lead generation. The company's offices are located in Hamburg, Mainz, Vienna, and Kraków. | $70.1M | Private Equity | Aug 19, 2021 | | | Sport Alliance | Sport Alliance is a provider of software for gyms and fitness providers. It makes sports easily accessible by digitizing the fitness industry. As the market leader in Germany and Austria, they rely on state-of-the-art technologies and methods to create a cloud-based platform that can manage all relevant business processes from independent gyms tointernational chains. Building on this, they have created a unique ecosystem of innovative value-added services in the areas of fintech, e-commerce, and lead generation. The company's offices are located in Hamburg, Mainz, Vienna, and Kraków. | $70.1M | Private Equity | Aug 19, 2021 | | | Health Guru Media Inc. | Healthguru.com is the destination site for health video on the web with 99 million views per month (comScore Video Metrix, August). Our unique approach to health education was developed specifically for the video audience and is differentiated in three key ways:- Category Focus: Healthguru.com focuses on the health topics that matter most totoday's audience, including: diet and fitness, mental & emotional health, sexual health, pregnancy, baby health, drugs & alcohol, as well as information on more than 125 different health conditions.- Medium: The modern health consumer seeks out an immersive, rich media experience on the web, and video has proven to be a more engaging medium. Healthguru.com has the largest health video library online, and interactive applications to offer our audience the experience it expects.- Editorial Approach: World-class information providers know that creating truly engaging content is the way to ensure that information becomes learning. That's why Healthguru.com is dedicated to making our content as interesting and, when relevant, entertaining, as it is useful. All Healthguru.com content is created or selected by our editorial team and is rigorously reviewed for medical accuracy, objectivity and balance. While we do accept advertising on our site and may distribute content via third party sites, Healthguru.com does not endorse products, services or companies. | $6M | Series D | Jun 29, 2011 | | | Health Guru Media Inc. | Healthguru.com is the destination site for health video on the web with 99 million views per month (comScore Video Metrix, August). Our unique approach to health education was developed specifically for the video audience and is differentiated in three key ways:- Category Focus: Healthguru.com focuses on the health topics that matter most totoday's audience, including: diet and fitness, mental & emotional health, sexual health, pregnancy, baby health, drugs & alcohol, as well as information on more than 125 different health conditions.- Medium: The modern health consumer seeks out an immersive, rich media experience on the web, and video has proven to be a more engaging medium. Healthguru.com has the largest health video library online, and interactive applications to offer our audience the experience it expects.- Editorial Approach: World-class information providers know that creating truly engaging content is the way to ensure that information becomes learning. That's why Healthguru.com is dedicated to making our content as interesting and, when relevant, entertaining, as it is useful. All Healthguru.com content is created or selected by our editorial team and is rigorously reviewed for medical accuracy, objectivity and balance. While we do accept advertising on our site and may distribute content via third party sites, Healthguru.com does not endorse products, services or companies. | $3.2M | Series C | Oct 21, 2009 | | | ByAllAccounts | ByAllAccounts, Inc. enables the automated gathering of financial account data from thousands financial institutions for import directly into Portfolio Management and Trust Accounting Systems. Their patent pending technology analyzes, augments, and delivers data for even the most sophisticated holistic wealth management practice and enablesefficient and timely account reconciliation, performance analysis and consolidated reporting. ByAllAccounts, Inc. serves more than 300 clients having a full range of managed and "held-away" accounts, including retirement, banking, brokerage, trust, hedge fund, limited partnerships, private equity, annuity, and more. | $5M | Series B | | | 7 of 7 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [PSG Equity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/psg-equity) — VC Fund, 4 deals together - [PSG Equity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/providence-strategic-growth) — VC Fund, 3 deals together - [PSG Equity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/psg-86fb) — VC Fund, 3 deals together - [Village Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/village-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Berkshires Capital Investors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/berkshires-capital-investors) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Granite Point Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/granite-point-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together ## About PSG Equity VC Fund · Boston, United States PSG is a growth equity firm that partners with software and technology-enabled services companies to help them navigate transformational growth, capitalize on strategic opportunities, and build strong teams. PSG brings extensive investment experience, deep expertise in software and technology, and a firm commitment to collaborating with managementteams. Founded in 2014, PSG operates out of offices in Boston, Kansas City, London, Paris, Madrid, and Tel Aviv. 5 contacts available at PSG Equity. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Mark Hastings | CEO & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-e-hastings | | Nicholas Littas | Growth Equity Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nicholas-littas | | Skip Besthoff | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/skip-besthoff | | Alexis Egan | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexis-egan | | Ben Kaplan | Senior Advisor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ben-kaplan-2 | ## Similar investors ### Similar stage - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund - [FJ Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fj-labs) — VC Fund ## FAQ ### What does Skip Besthoff invest in? Skip Besthoff invests primarily in Fitness, News and Video startups, most often at Series B and Series C stage. Most of the 7 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 Skip Besthoff last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Skip Besthoff closed in Nov 2023. Shizune tracks 7 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. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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