About
Brontë Kolar is cofounder and CEO of Zeon Systems. Previously, they built electronic systems for electric aircraft and battery applications, conducted computational biology research at UCSF and UPenn, and worked as an early engineer at LatchBio.
Founder at Zeon SystemsYC X25
Intro paths
YC
Brontë went through Y Combinator (Spring 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was David Lieb, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Zeon Systems's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Brontë can intro founders to Zeon Systems's investors below.
Zeon Systems's investors · 1
Co-founders at Zeon Systems
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Tahir D'MelloFounder
Experience
- Zeon Systems (YC X25)Co-Founder and CEOcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- LatchBioLead Bioinformatics Engineer2024 — 2025
- LatchBioBioinformatics Engineer2023 — 2024San Francisco, California, United States
- BrightseedAssociate Scientist (computational)2023San Francisco, California, United States
- University of California, BerkeleyGraduate Student Instructor - Human Genome, Environment and Public Health2023
- University of California, San FranciscoGraduate Student Researcher2022 — 2023San Francisco, California, United States
- Erasmus MCBioinformatics Researcher2022
- Deloitte NederlandSoftware Engineer, Digital Risk Solutions2021Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
- Titan BatteriesElectrical Engineer2021Nether
- Makerspace DelftCommunity Manager2020 — 2021Delft, South Holland, Netherlands
- MicrosoftTechnical Program Manager Intern2020Dublin, Ireland
- Silverwing AeronauticsPower Systems Engineer2019 — 2020Delft, South Holland, Netherlands
- SenseGloveSoftware Intern2019Delft, South Holland, Netherlands
- European Innovation AcademyAPIA Delegate2018
- Foundation for Student Science and TechnologyIndependent Researcher2016 — 2017Toronto
Skills & more
Machine Learning11Product Management2Eagle PCBAltiumSolderingPrinted Circuit Board (PCB) DesignAmazon Web Services (AWS)7PyTorch3Python Dash1Autodesk Fusion 3601DjangoC#
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Brontë Kolar?
- Brontë Kolar is cofounder and CEO of Zeon Systems. Previously, they built electronic systems for electric aircraft and battery applications, conducted computational biology research at UCSF and UPenn, and worked as an early engineer at LatchBio.
- Where does Brontë Kolar work?
- Brontë Kolar is Founder of Zeon Systems.
- What companies did Brontë Kolar found?
- Brontë Kolar founded Zeon Systems.
- Where did Brontë Kolar go to school?
- Brontë Kolar studied at UC Berkeley College of Engineering (Master of Engineering - MEng, Bioengineering (Computational Biology)); Erasmus University Rotterdam (Minor, Genetics); Delft University of Technology (Bachelor's degree, Computer Science and Engineering).
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