Fitness · 7+ locations · NYC, Hoboken, Chicago
Club Athletic looks like NYC's feel-good fitness story: squad training, run clubs, squads named for Australian beaches. It's still founder-run, but Solidcore's founder bought in last year with a board seat, and the plan is 100 clubs by 2030.
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Club Athletic is still the founder's company — Dane McCarthy runs it day-to-day, the labor record is clean, and coach pay beats the industry norm. The $3.5 million from Solidcore founder Anne Mahlum bought a board seat and a 100-clubs-by-2030 mandate, while environmental and sourcing practices have no public record yet to check. Whether it stays a community of squads or becomes another national rollout now rests with the founder and the investor behind him.
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