Endomondo raises $800K to make cardio training virtually social
I think I will try it!
A post from VentureBeat by Matthew Lynley has the whole story. Here is a part:
A post from VentureBeat by Matthew Lynley has the whole story. Here is a part:
Mobile fitness tracking application Endomondo launched additional features geared toward making a social network for cardio training today and announced that it has raised $800,000 in a seed funding round at the CTIA Wireless 2011 conference in Orlando, Fla.
It’s one of a new series of applications that are trying to turn fitness into a game by giving users the chance to compete with friends and earn points for their fitness achievements, such as Runmeter and Nike GPS+. Endomondo tracks runs, cycling circuits and other cardio exercises and records distance, time and a few other health elements. Users can then see how they match up with their friends through the app’s network.
The company added voice feedback to the application, it announced today. The voice-over tells users how far they have run and, if they are competing, tells them how much faster or further they have to go to beat their friends.
The company is also adding a “social support” feature, which lets other Endomondo users cheer on their friends with short messages through the application. The idea is to use the application to encourage people to workout harder and faster — although I would probably find myself using that feature to trash talk the competition as much as possible.
