FS Investors is a family office based in La Jolla, CA, founded in 2011, with a diversified portfolio spanning food, pet care, and healthcare, including Nothing Bundt Cakes, Small Door Veterinary, and Yummers. In climbing, it runs Bouldering Project as an active consolidation platform rather than a single investment, having acquired Brooklyn Boulders' distressed assets (2022) and Dallas's Oso Climbing Gyms (2024).
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Bouldering Project
Fitness · 15+ locations — A family office's climbing-gym roll-up: FS Investors bought Brooklyn Boulders' distressed assets in 2022 and a Dallas gym in 2024, then installed an outside first-time CEO in 2025. Its newest Austin lease came from a smaller local gym that lost its own.
Brooklyn Boulders
Fitness · 2+ locations — Brooklyn Boulders was NYC's pioneering climbing gym. A distressed 2022 sale sent its Gowanus original to a family office-backed chain, and the co-founders are both gone. What's left is a two-location remnant.