Shahin Hedayat has a passion for high tech startups aiming to solve complex problems through collective human ingenuity. He co-founded Candou Ventures in 2015. From 1997 through 2015 he was an entrepreneur, starting companies with the intention of creating positive social outcomes and economic benefits for all stakeholders.
He co-founded five companies, serving as President, CEO, Chairman and Board Member: Centillium Communications (IPO), Beceem Communications (acquired by Broadcom), Enverv (acquired by Semtech), Apixio and Polyup. The Centillium, Beceem and Enverv exits generated over $4B of shareholder value.
Before 1997 he spent 11 years in technical and managerial roles at Cirrus Logic, becoming VP of Engineering of a communication product line with $90M revenue. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Michigan and is named on 9 U.S. patents.