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Freeletics

Founded 2013 · 99 employees on LinkedIn · 7 known investors

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Freeletics offers a mobile fitness app with an AI coach that generates personalized workout plans across HIIT, calisthenics, gym, weights, cardio, running, and weight loss training. It serves individual consumers looking to train at home, the gym, or outdoors, adapting workouts to their goals and schedule.

Also known as Freeletics Fitness Coach · Freeletics GmbH

Founders & leadership

Freeletics was founded in 2013 by Mehmet Yilmaz.

MYMehmet Yilmaz
Mehmet YilmazinCo-Founder2013–2018
CWChristian Weber
Christian WeberinCOO

Investors · 7

Also in the syndicate · 2

FitLableadTony Robbins

Company profile

researched Aug 2026

Freeletics is a fitness application developed and published by Freeletics GmbH, headquartered in Munich, Germany. The app delivers personalized training plans generated by an AI Coach combined with input from sports scientists, covering high-intensity interval training, calisthenics and bodyweight workouts, gym and weights training, cardio, running, strength, and weight-loss programs. Sessions are typically 15 to 50 minutes, and the company states its exercise library covers more than 700 exercises with a very large number of possible workout combinations.

Users select a "Training Journey" based on goals, available equipment, preferred training days, and running preferences; the Coach then adapts subsequent sessions based on logged performance and post-session feedback. Additional product features include a workout creator, manual logging of activities such as cycling or hiking, syncing with Apple Health, Health Connect and Strava, Apple Watch training, a points/levels system and the Daily Athlete Score, and a separate Freeletics Nutrition product with meal plans, recipe filters, shopping lists and food preference settings. The app also supports community features, including a network of "Free Athletes," self-organized group sessions in public parks, local ambassadors, and multilingual community forums in English, German, Spanish, Italian, French and Portuguese.

Historically, the company reported over 31 million users in more than 160 countries at the time of its Series A, later reported 54 million users, and its website currently cites 60 million users and 450 million completed training sessions. In November 2021 it announced "STÆDIUM," an expansion into AI-supported weight training at home.

Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
Community members (Free Athletes)Jan 202358,000,000 users
Countries servedDec 2018160
Exercises in appJan 2026700 exercises
Five-star reviewsJan 2026400,000 reviews
Growth in core markets over prior six monthsDec 2018120%
Training sessions completedJan 2026450,000,000 sessions
UsersJan 202660,000,000 users

Company-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.

6 people who came through Freeletics went on to found or lead other companies.

Timeline · 5

launches, deals, and filings
Nov 2021
Launch of STÆDIUM, AI-supported weight training at home

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Sep 2020
Freeletics raises $25 million Series B

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Dec 2018
Freeletics closes $45 million Series A

Freeletics closed a $45 million Series A round led by FitLab, Causeway Media Partners and Jazz Venture Partners, with participation from Courtside Ventures, Elysian Park Ventures, ward.ventures and Tony Robbins. The company said the round would support global growth.

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Aug 2018
Freeletics acquired by investor group

Reported acquisition of Freeletics by Fitlab, Causeway Media Partners, Jazz Venture Partners, Courtside Ventures, Elysian Park Ventures and Ward.Ventures for a reported high eight-figure amount.

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Oct 2017
First official Freeletics Training Ground opens in Berlin

The company opened its first official Training Ground in Berlin's Monbijoupark.

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Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.

In the news

Research sources · 8

primary sources listed

8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.

Frequently asked questions

What does Freeletics do?
Munich-based fitness app company offering an AI coach that builds personalized bodyweight, weights, and running training plans.
Who founded Freeletics?
Freeletics was founded by Mehmet Yilmaz in 2013.
Who are Freeletics's investors?
Freeletics's investors include Causeway Partners, Courtside Ventures, JAZZ Venture Partners, Elysian Park Ventures, ward.ventures.