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Michael Antonov

InvestorFounder

Investor at Formic Ventures · Founder at Deep Origin · Executive Officer at Formic Labs

San Francisco Bay Area

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

FoundedDeep Origin

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Michael Antonov is founder and CEO of DeepOrigin, a platform for biological simulation and R&D tools. Previously, he co-founded Oculus, where he led development of the PC Runtime and SDK across multiple hardware iterations and initiated the WebVR team. Earlier, he co-founded and served as CTO of Scaleform, a UI toolkit for games that was acquired by Autodesk.

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Executive Officer at Formic Labs

Experience

  1. Deep OriginChief Executive Officercurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Formic VenturesFoundercurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  3. Formic LabsChief Executive Officer2022 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
  4. FacebookSoftware Architect2018 — 2019Menlo Park, California
  5. Oculus VRChief Software Architect2012 — 2018Menlo Park, CA
  6. GaikaiLead Software Architect2012
  7. AutodeskSenior Software Architect2011 — 2012
  8. ScaleformCTO / Lead Architect1999 — 2011Greenbelt, MD

Skills & more

Virtual Machines3Architecture9C++29Software Development22OpenGL30Video Games17.NET2Embedded Systems3Software Engineering93D12User Interface19Animation3
+8 moreMultithreadingPerforceScrumSoftware DesignCJavaVisual StudioAgile Methodologies

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Aviron InteractiveBlockFiBoltCyclarityLEADLocalsNanomeOculusPandatronPRENAVSchrödinger

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Who is Michael Antonov?
Michael Antonov is founder and CEO of DeepOrigin, a platform for biological simulation and R&D tools. Previously, he co-founded Oculus, where he led development of the PC Runtime and SDK across multiple hardware iterations and initiated the WebVR team. Earlier, he co-founded and served as CTO of Scaleform, a UI toolkit for games that was acquired by Autodesk.
Where does Michael Antonov work?
Michael Antonov is Founder of Deep Origin and Investor at Formic Ventures.
What check size does Michael Antonov write?
Michael Antonov typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
What companies did Michael Antonov found?
Michael Antonov founded Deep Origin.
What companies has Michael Antonov invested in?
Investments tracked here include Aviron Interactive, BlockFi, Bolt, Cyclarity, LEAD, Locals, Nanome, Oculus, Pandatron, PRENAV, Schrödinger.
Where did Michael Antonov go to school?
Michael Antonov studied at University of Maryland (Computer Science).

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