Exerblast

The Exerblast system is a multi-zone game environment that plunges kids & adults into a richly varied, seamless, 45-minute fitness adventure

  • Stage Prototype Ready
  • Industry Gaming
  • Location New York City, NY, USA
  • Currency USD
  • Founded January 2009
  • Employees 15
  • Website exerblast.com

Company Summary

In 2010 ExerBlast began work on its immersive exergame package, a unique system of personal sensing devices and connected zones, offering measured 3-D exercise through interactive game play. In Sept. 2011 we opened our prototype store to evaluate our concept and as a platform for full product development. We were just named “Best Kids Gym” by NY Magazine. We are developing our game products for franchisees, retail merchants, and online users.

Team

  • Don Sunderland
    President & CEO

    25+ years of technology and business experience in finance and public/private partnerships in diverse roles including:
    - Head, Advanced Technology, Lehman Brothers
    - Global Head of Technology, Fixed Income Derivatives, UBS
    - CIO of public school management company, Edison Schools
    - K-12 sector lead, IBM Global Business Services
    - Business Head, Open Source Carbon Trading Initiative, Misys PLC.
    A unique facility for assimilation and inventio

  • Kate Gyllenhaal
    Chief Operating Officer

    25+ years of Health & Fitness and Business experience.
    - Dancer, choreographer, trainer, and educator
    - Founder of HomeBodies Inc., one of NYC’s first personal fitness companies. She sold after 10 years as CEO
    - Established industry innovator with numerous media appearances.
    - Nine years of. work with NYC public schools & children with special needs, introducing fitness initiatives into curricula. Exerblast is an outgrowth of this work.

  • Tom Currier
    Cheif Financial Officer

    20 years NY real estate experience, including:
    - Developer of eight mixed-use buildings - both new construction and rehabilitation.
    - Dev. Manager, Owner Rep. and marketing consultant on projects in NYC, FL, and MI.
    - Sales & Marketing - over $60 million in residential and commercial sales and leasing.
    Over 10 years investment banking experience in mortgage and municipal finance. Over $6 billion of debt financing.

  • Marcy Granata
    Chief Marketing Officer

    A 30-year veteran of the film industry, Marcy was an early innovator of the independent film movement.
    - President of Publicity and Corporate Communications/EVP Marketing at Miramax.
    - Named one of the top 50 women in PR in 1999
    -Point person at Columbia/TriStar/ Sony marketing departments for the films of Martin Scorsese, Robert Redford, Francis Ford Coppola and others.
    - Media consulting clients include Tina Brown & Michael Eisner

Advisors

  • Shalom Leaf
    Lawyer
    Unconfirmed
    Marc Spritzer
    Accountant
    Unconfirmed

Previous Investors

  • John Coumantaros
    Unconfirmed
    Howard Hallengren
    Unconfirmed
    Alan Zinser
    Unconfirmed

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