Sujayath Co-founder, Silq ($2.5B GTV, Valar & Sanabil). Founded Voonik (Sequoia). 25+ angel bets. Ex-Amazon, ex-Visa.
Sujayath Co-founder, Silq ($2.5B GTV, Valar & Sanabil). Founded Voonik (Sequoia). 25+ angel bets. Ex-Amazon, ex-Visa.
Career
Sujayath studied at The Indian School of Business (MBA) and Mepco Schlenk Engineering College (BE).
SCo-founder & COO / CBO at ShopUp from May 2023 to Apr 2025 in Dubai, United Arab EmiratesShopUp is the region’s largest and most valued startup, where we’ve raised over $200 million from visionary investors like Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures, Prosus, Sequoia, VEON, and Flourish.
Co-founder & CEO at Voonik from Jan 2013 to Mar 2023 in Bangalore, IndiaVoonik is India’s leading value and mid-price fashion brand, achieving peak revenues of 800 Crores. We secured $40 million in funding (from Sequoia, Times Internet, Beenext, and Seedfund) before Voonik merged with ShopUp.ASenior Product Manager at Amazon.com from Apr 2005 to Sep 2011 in Greater Seattle Area; Greater Bengaluru AreaCreator of Embedded Checkout, the first-ever alternative payments product that enabled checkout without leaving the merchant's site. Creator of the second generation Checkout by Amazon product, the flagship product for Amazon payments.
ITSenior Software Development Engineer at iNautix Technologies - A Bank of New York Company from Sep 2001 to Apr 2004 in Greater Chennai AreaAs a Team leader, led a team of ten developers. Work involved developing order routing mechanisms, trading platforms, performance tuning software and Communication interfaces for stock exchanges.