A Mexican sports giant buys the Catalan studio Lapso Studios

BarcelonaThe Catalan studio Lapso Studios, dedicated to fitness and specialized in cycling and classes of I closedLapso has announced its integration into Commando Studios, the Mexican sports giant. Founded in 2021 in Barcelona, ​​Lapso has managed in four years to position itself as one of the leading brands in the field. fitness boutique in Catalonia. With this operation, Lapso Studios "begins a new stage of growth alongside one of the major groups in the sector, which will allow it to continue driving its expansion nationwide," the company states. Its founders, Eugenia Llopart and Javier Herrarte, will remain with the company.

Since opening its first studio on Avenida Diagonal, initially dedicated to cycling, The company has grown to its current size of three centers and five rooms in Barcelona, ​​with a team of over 50 professionals. Furthermore, they have expanded their areas of work in addition to... cycling, including classes of I closed and functional fitness.

Commando Studios' acquisition of Lapso is presented as "an organic and natural transition, in which the studios will continue to operate normally, maintaining the same service, the same user experience, and the brand's DNA," the Catalan company explained in a statement. Commando, founded in 2017 in Mexico, has been present in Madrid for nine months, where it already has two centers and six studios, and in total has 24 studios and 66 active studios worldwide. Now, with the acquisition of Lapso, it is expanding into Barcelona and reinforcing its aggressive national expansion plan. Commando also has the support of ACON Investments, LLC, an American private equity firm based in Washington. However, the companies have not disclosed the purchase price.

"Lapso has built something very special in Barcelona: a strong community and a concept that connects with a new way of understanding the fitness“This operation is a natural evolution of the project and an opportunity to take it much further,” stated Eugenia Llopart, founder and CEO of Lapso. For his part, Joaquín Hirschfeld, CEO and founder of Commando Studios, explained that since their arrival in Spain they identified in Lapso “a project with a boutique"."This integration goes beyond growth: it responds to the opportunity to add capabilities, talent and local knowledge to consolidate our presence in the Spanish market," Hirschfeld explains.