ActLight closes Series-A funding round

Actlight has developed a photo diode solution, which delivers significantly higher sensitivity combined with dramatically reduced power consumption as well as lower manufacturing and design costs. The company will leverage the new round of funding to continue enhancing its products and to further expand co-operation with partners and customers.

“ActLight’s Dynamic Photo Diode is the most powerful solution for low power, high sensitivity, and on-chip integration for new light sensing solutions for mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets, smartwatches and portable MedTech solutions. Low power consumption is key in solutions for heart rate measurement, gesture control and 3D sensing,” explains Serguei Okhonin, CEO and co-founder of ActLight. “Our investors share our vision to create the next generation of light sensing solutions and we are now entering the market with key industrial partners and customers,” commented Fredrik Uddegard, co-founder of ActLight.

“As mobile and wearable devices are getting ever more pervasive, the importance of light sensors to measure and interpret the surrounding environment will be fundamental to extend functionality and increase the user experience. With this Dynamic Photo Diode, we believe that Actlight has developed a truly disruptive solution, which will greatly benefit the advancement of personal computing,” said Pär Lange, Investment Director at Swisscom Ventures. Swisscom Ventures invested along with the business angel networks Investiere, Go Beyond and BAS.

About ActLight SA
ActLight SA focuses in the field of CMOS photonics by developing new type of photodetectors and improving photovoltaic energy harvesting technology. Being a fabless company, ActLight specializes in the Intellectual Property (IP) of these areas and provides supporting services like design and technology advice for its customers. ActLight is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland.