# Zack Isaacs

> Zack Isaacs is the co-founder and CEO of Movemint, a mobile-first platform rebuilding how athletic events are discovered, registered, run, and remembered. Strava's first API hire, he spent five years wiring the fitness world together - linking Garmin, Wahoo, Peloton, and Zwift - and led engineering for Strava's paid Routes, one of its most lucrative features. In 2023 he left to fix the part of endurance sport that still felt broken: the sign-up. Backed by Underscore VC and Strava co-founder Michael Horvath, Movemint launched in February 2024 and has roughly tripled its business every quarter since.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Movemint
- **Organizations:** Movemint, Strava
- **Nationality:** American
- **Known for:** Strava's first API hire; built the integration network connecting Garmin, Wahoo, Peloton, and Zwift, Led engineering for Strava's paid Routes, one of its most lucrative features, Co-founded and scaled Movemint, growing the business roughly threefold every quarter since launch

## Career timeline

- **2017** — Joins Strava as its first API hire (October 2017)
- **2017-2022** — Builds partnerships with Garmin, Wahoo, Peloton, and Zwift, placing Strava at the center of connected fitness
- **2021-2022** — Leads engineering for the 0-to-1 launch of Strava's paid Routes, one of the company's most lucrative features
- **2023** — Co-founds Movemint with designer Taylor Peliska to reinvent endurance event registration
- **2024** — Launches Movemint publicly (February); closes pre-seed round led by Underscore VC (May)
- **2025** — Adds Strava co-founder Michael Horvath to the board; ships AI race photography and Buy Now Pay Later; business roughly triples every quarter
- **2026** — Onboards 7,000+ runners with the launch of the 2026 Presidio Half Marathon

## Achievements

- Strava's first API hire; built the integration network connecting Garmin, Wahoo, Peloton, and Zwift
- Led engineering for Strava's paid Routes, one of its most lucrative features
- Co-founded and scaled Movemint, growing the business roughly threefold every quarter since launch
- Raised $3.2M across pre-seed and seed rounds from Underscore VC, Fitt Capital, Green D Ventures, and angels
- Recruited Strava co-founder Michael Horvath to Movemint's board of directors
- Won marquee events including the Golden Trail World Series Headlands 27k, Tracksmith Twilight 5000, Rock Cobbler, TransRockies, and the 2026 Presidio Half Marathon

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — Movemint launches the 2026 Presidio Half Marathon, bringing 7,000+ runners onto the platform.
- **2025-06** — Movemint reports tripling its business every quarter and adds Strava co-founder Michael Horvath to its board.

## Links

- Website: https://movemint.cc
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/zack-isaacs-287804120
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/movemint_cc

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Last updated: 2026-06-20