# Sujay Suresh Kumar

> Sujay Suresh Kumar is the cofounder and co-CEO of Lilu, a New York women's health hardware company building smart wearable tech for new mothers. An electrical engineer trained at the University of Pennsylvania, he designed circuits for CERN's ATLAS experiment, helped launch 4G in India at Reliance Jio, and spent two years on factory floors in Shenzhen turning a robotics-class side project into shipping products. He was named to Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2022.

- **Role:** Cofounder and Co-CEO at Lilu, Inc
- **Organizations:** Lilu, Inc, Jyothi (nonprofit), Reliance Jio Infocomm, CERN (ATLAS experiment, via UPenn High Energy Physics Group)
- **From:** India
- **Nationality:** Indian
- **Education:** Master's in Electrical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
- **Known for:** Forbes 30 Under 30 (2022), NSF SBIR Awardee, Y Combinator Fellow

## Career timeline

- **—** — Designed circuits for the ATLAS experiment at CERN with UPenn's High Energy Physics Group
- **—** — Co-founded Jyothi, a nonprofit in India supporting survivors of harassment and assault
- **—** — Worked at Reliance Jio Infocomm on the team that launched 4G in India
- **—** — Met co-founder Adriana Vazquez Ortiz in a robotics class while at UPenn; began building robots together
- **—** — Co-founded Lilu, a women's health hardware company, and became Co-CEO
- **—** — Spent roughly two years in Shenzhen managing manufacturing for Lilu's products
- **2022** — Named to Forbes 30 Under 30
- **2024** — Lilu won the Kinect Capital Live Pitch Judges Choice Award

## Achievements

- Forbes 30 Under 30 (2022)
- NSF SBIR Awardee
- Y Combinator Fellow
- Completed HAX, MassChallenge, and Dreamit accelerators
- Co-built Lilu's wearable products from concept through manufacturing across multiple countries
- Raised over $1.4M in total funding for Lilu

## Latest updates

- **2024-03** — Lilu won the Judges Choice Award at the Kinect Capital Live Pitch.
- **2024** — Lilu ran community-investment campaigns on Wefunder and continued building AI-powered digital tools for moms.

## Links

- Website: https://wearlilu.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/sujaysuresh
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/wearlilu
- YouTube: https://youtu.be/G3r_yz6bn4A
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wearlilu

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Last updated: 2026-06-21