Michael Antonov
InvestorFounderInvestor at Formic Ventures · Founder at Deep Origin
San Francisco Bay Area
Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M
FoundedDeep Origin
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About
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.
Founder at Deep Origin
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Experience
- Deep OriginChief Executive Officercurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Formic VenturesFoundercurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Formic LabsChief Executive Officer2022 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
- FacebookSoftware Architect2018 — 2019Menlo Park, California
- Oculus VRChief Software Architect2012 — 2018Menlo Park, CA
- GaikaiLead Software Architect2012
- AutodeskSenior Software Architect2011 — 2012
- ScaleformCTO / Lead Architect1999 — 2011Greenbelt, MD
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Virtual Machines3Architecture9Software Development22Video Games17Software Engineering93D12User Interface19Animation3Multithreading4Perforce3Scrum5Software Design4
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Frequently asked questions
- 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.
- Where did Michael Antonov go to school?
- Michael Antonov studied at University of Maryland (Computer Science).
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Shared employers
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