Serguei Okhonin has 3 decades of experience in the semiconductor industry. ActLight, his second high-tech startup, is one of Verve Ventures’ portfolio companies. In this interview, he talks about hearable devices that can measure the heart rate, mobile phone cameras, and why all of a sudden potential buyers started to contact him.

Serguei Okhonin
Co-founder and CEO, ActLight

Serguei co-founded ActLight in 2011. ActLight has developed a digital photodiode that has a far more comprehensive sensitivity range than traditional, analog photodiodes. Before founding ActLight, Serguei founded the company Innovative Silicon Inc. IP created by the company was acquired by a large US semiconductor player in 2010. Serguei has filed around 120 patents and his innovations have received several prizes. He studied physics.