In our 26th episode, we welcome our friend Pete Moore, Founder and Managing Partner of Integrity Square in NYC.
Among their beer stories, Scott and Pete discuss the role of team sports in establishing a firm culture, Pete’s career in health and wellness deals, and the origin story of re-inventing that category name into the HALO (Health, Active Lifestyle & Outdoors) brand.
We know you’ll enjoy their convo.
Pete Moore’s Bio
Pete founded Integrity Square, the leading advisor and a seed investor to the Health, Active Lifestyle & Outdoors (“HALO”) industry, in April 2010. Prior to founding Integrity Square, Pete was Head of the Active Lifestyle & Wellness Group at Sagent Advisors Inc., since late 2003. In this capacity, he assisted in closing over $1.5 billion in transactions across multiple sectors. Prior to joining Sagent, Pete was the co-founder and Chief Financial Officer of FitnessInsite (from 2000-2003), the leading web-based salesforce management and online fitness & nutrition Application Service Provider to the health club, sports performance, corporate wellness and personal training sector. In this capacity, Pete learned frst-hand the difficulties in growing a small business (and writing personal checks to cover payroll!).
Earlier in his career, Pete was a Senior Associate at Brockway Moran & Partners (1999-2000), a $900 million private equity firm based in Florida and prior owner of Golds Gym, Inc.; an Associate at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette; and an Analyst at Chase Securities. Pete is also a frequent guest lecturer at Fordham University on entrepreneurial finance. Board, Xtend Barre Holdings. Current Host and Founder of the HALOtalks Podcast Network.
Co-founder of IRON PLANET in 1999, sold for $758 million to Ritchie Bros. in 2017.
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