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Valentin Sulzer

Founder

Founder at Ionworks

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

FoundedIonworks · YC

About

Valentin Sulzer holds a PhD in mathematics from Oxford and completed four years of engineering research at the University of Michigan and Carnegie Mellon. He developed PyBaMM, an open-source battery simulation software, and is now building Ionworks to make such tools more widely available to battery engineers.

LinkedIn ↗

Founder at IonworksYC S24

Intro paths

YC

Valentin went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer — the partner who ran Ionworks's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Valentin can intro founders to Ionworks's investors below.

Ionworks's investors · 3

Kima VenturesLobster CapitalY Combinator

Co-founders at Ionworks

RTRob Timms
Rob TimmsFounder
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Weilong Ai
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Sam Cooper
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Ferran Brosa Planella

Experience

  1. IonworksCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2023 — presentPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
  2. PyBaMMFoundercurrent2018 — present
  3. Carnegie Mellon UniversityPostdoctoral Research Associate2021 — 2023Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
  4. University of MichiganPostdoctoral Research Fellow2019 — 2021Ann Arbor, Michigan
  5. University of OxfordDPhil Candidate2015 — 2019Oxford, United Kingdom

Education

  1. Y Combinator2024
  2. University of OxfordDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Industrially Focussed Mathematical Modelling2015 — 2019
  3. University of OxfordMaster’s Degree, Mathematics2011 — 2015
  4. King's College School WimbledonHigh School, International Baccalaureate2006 — 2011

Skills & more

Research6Applied Mathematics2Data Analysis2Mathematical Modeling5Software Development1Mathematics3ModelingNumerical AnalysisMatlab1Python1LaTeXPublic Speaking

Languages English · French · Italian · Spanish

From Valentin's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Y Combinator1,474

Akshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorTed ChaiAssociate at Scale Venture PartnersLeo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesYusuf SherwaniCo-Founder and CEO at Pelago; a Londoner living in New York City

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Also attended University of Oxford762

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockMichael MoritzFormer Partner at Sequoia Capital; Senior Adviser at Sequoia HeritageBrad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter CapitalDominic JacquessonInvestor at Index VenturesErin Price-WrightInvestor at Index VenturesJan HammerInvestor at Index Ventures

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Also attended King's College School Wimbledon13

Carolina MonckInvestor, PhD at Episode1Freddie DodgeDirector at GP BullhoundMarcusGlobal Head of Regulatory Strategy at SENTINEL GLOBALLiam AhnPrincipal at Samsung VenturesDavid ‘DC’ CollierChief Technology Officer, RIKAI Labs at ChinacceleratorJonathan WrobelInvestor at Centana Growth Partners

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Shared employers

Also worked at Ionworks1

Rob TimmsFounder at Ionworks

Also worked at PyBaMM1

Rob TimmsFounder at Ionworks

Also worked at Carnegie Mellon University80

Javier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis VenturesDiana HuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorCindy PadnosFounder and Managing Partner at Illuminate VenturesMaryanna SaenkoCo-founder at Future VenturesSalvador GalaCo-founder & Managing Partner at Ev3 Ventures LlcAymerik RenardGeneral Partner at HCVC

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Also worked at University of Michigan80

Alexandra FarmerPrincipal at Intel Capital, North AmericaLogan HilleLife Sciences Analyst at CincyTechSara Risch, PhDAdvisor at CincyTechPeter GiordanoFormer Global Director GTM Strategy at Scale Venture PartnersPaul BrownManaging Director at eLab VenturesDoug NealManaging Director at eLab Ventures

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