# 348. Marco Suvilaakso, Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Nucu

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Published: 2026-07-20T08:30:00+00:00
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Today, I'm joined by Marco Suvilaakso, co-founder & co-CEO of Nucu. Swapping wearables for "nearables," Nucu's low-touch ambient sleep monitoring platform gives guardians insight into kids' and teens' rest patterns. In this episode, we discuss filling the market gap in pediatric sleep. We also cover: Building family-focused healthtech Benefits of real-time hypnogram data Avoiding obsession over metrics Subscribe to the podcast → insider.fitt.co/podcast Subscribe to our newsletter → insider.fitt.co/subscribe Follow us on LinkedIn → linkedin.com/company/fittinsider Nucu's Website: https://nucuhealth.com/ Nucu's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nucuhealth/ Nucu's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nucu/ - The Fitt Insider Podcast is brought to you by EGYM. Visit EGYM.com to learn more about its smart fitness ecosystem for fitness and health facilities. Fitt Talent: https://talent.fitt.co/ Consulting: https://consulting.fitt.co/ Investments: https://capital.fitt.co/ Chapters: (00:00) Introduction (01:33) Marco background and Nucu overview (05:15) Kids/teens market gap (06:30) Customer feedback and shift (09:54) Form factor redesign (11:20) Sleep consciousness building (15:03) Baseline and trend tracking (16:00) Room conditions correlation (18:31) Deep biometric insights (20:00) Training schedule impact (21:15) Lifespan data architecture (24:15) Ecosystem partnerships (26:30) Avoiding obsession over metrics (29:50) Real-time hypnogram data (33:40) Two target audiences (36:00) Research collaborations (37:07) Conclusion

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