INSIGHTS: Q&A with High Growth Business Leaders — Raj Thiruchelvarajah, CEO & Co-Founder

Romesh Jeyaseelanayagam
3 min readDec 7, 2023
Gain insights on business growth in our series of bite size chats with Business Leaders, brought to you by The FD Consultant — a collective of fractional CFO’s.  Today we welcome Raj Thiruchelvarajah, CEO & Co-Founder of Hytro.

Hi Raj, please tell us about your business.

At Hytro, we are on a mission to advance human health and performance through our patented blood flow restriction (BFR) wearables that multiply the impact of any exercise or recovery protocol.

The strength of our product has been backed by 75+ of the world’s best professional coaches who have invested in Hytro. This advocacy has helped us support 80+ professional sports clubs across the globe including teams in the Premier League, Rugby Union Premiership, Rugby Super League, NHL, MLS, , NFL, NBA, Formula 1 and many more.

While our roots are deep within the pro sports industry, our aspirations go way beyond. We envisage a world where everyday people, those living with pain or recovering from injury, and those simply seeking better physical well-being can harness the potential of BFR.

What are the key factors which have driven your growth to date?

Our first adopters were professional sport coaches and they are our starting community. Through their advocacy of our product the business accelerated in 2022 and it is this strength of our community that has been the foundation on which Hytro has been built. This wasn’t a predetermined plan but instead…

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Romesh Jeyaseelanayagam

A Chief Financial Officer Consultant with expertise in various sectors. Specialism in growing start ups, scale ups and high growth organisations.