Michael Antonov
Founder @ Formic Ventures
Orange, United States
Michael Antonov is a seed investor at Formic Ventures in Orange focused on Software and Biotechnology. Michael Antonov is the Co-Founder and CEO of Deep Origin. He previously worked at Formic Labs as a Chief Executive Officer. Michael Antonov attended the University of Maryland.
- Total investments:
- 11
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries Michael Antonov invests in
Stages Michael Antonov invests in
Countries Michael Antonov invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 3 (27%)
- Biotechnology 2 (18%)
- Pharmaceutical 2 (18%)
- Human Resources 2 (18%)
- Virtual Reality 2 (18%)
Stage
- Seed 6 (55%)
- Series A 1 (9%)
- Series B 1 (9%)
- Series C 1 (9%)
- Series E 1 (9%)
Country
- United States 8 (73%)
- Canada 1 (9%)
- Finland 1 (9%)
Investments
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| We make coaching 100 times cheaper through chatbot technology, to drive organizational change. We also collect data to be able to give your organization feedback on systemic bottlenecks and blind spots. Trusted by companies like SAP, Universal Pictures, and KONE. A free trial is available on our website. | $550K / Seed / Apr 12, 2023 | ||
| Aviron Interactive is a fitness company offering a rower with gamification features. It is a connected rowing machine designed with the user in mind. Short, high-intensity workouts save time, high resistance settings allow to include strength training along with cardio workout, and hundreds of content options to get motivated and keep engaged monthafter month. | $5M / Seed / Aug 11, 2021 | ||
| Nanome is a virtual reality software company that offers a collaborative XR software platform for molecular design.The platform accelerates existing computational workflows at the molecular scale and unlocks more scientists to leverage powerful molecular computations + AI. Nanome has worked largely on projects with companies in the food andbeverage industry, as well as another to develop more sustainable batteries.The San Diego, California-based company was launched in 2015 by Edgardo Leija, Samuel Hessenauer, Keita Funakawa, and Steven McCloskey. | $3M / Venture - Series Unknown / Feb 09, 2021 | ||
| BlockFi is a secured non-bank lender that offers USD loans to crypto-asset owners who collateralize the loan with their crypto-assets. Their products bring additional liquidity to the blockchain asset sector and meet the needs of both individuals and institutions holding blockchain assets. BlockFi holds clients' Bitcoin and Ether with aregistered custodian and issues loans in USD to their bank accounts. Currently operating in beta launch, lending in 35 US states to retail investors and companies.BlockFi’s mission is to provide liquidity, transparency, and efficiency to digital financial markets by creating products that meet the needs of consumers and corporations across the globe. They leverage a sophisticated infrastructure that integrates with multiple blockchains, they plan to expand their product set based on their retail and institutional client's needs. | $50M / Series C / Aug 20, 2020 | ||
| Underdog Pharmaceuticals is pursuing a mission to treat the underlying causes of age-related disease. The company develops simple and direct interventions targeting toxic forms of cholesterol, using rationally designed molecules, to provide the first true disease-modifying treatments for age-related diseases such as atherosclerosis,hypercholesterolemia, heart failure, and macular degeneration.Its products are based on novel derivatives of a well-known, safe compound, and a new way of looking at cardiovascular disease created through a SENS Research Foundation program. | $4M / Seed / Nov 20, 2019 | ||
| Schrödinger’s industry-leading computational platform facilitates the research efforts of biopharmaceutical and industrial companies, academic institutions and government laboratories worldwide. Schrödinger also has wholly-owned and collaborative drug discovery programs in a broad range of therapeutic areas.Schrödinger is deeply committed toinvesting in the science and talent that drive its computational platform. Schrödinger was founded in 1990, has over 700 employees and is engaged with customers and collaborators in more than 70 countries. To learn more visit www.schrodinger.com. | $25M / Series E / May 19, 2019 | ||
| Keep your workforce connected, build meaningful connections among employees. LEAD helps your workforce to build trust and friendships regardless they are in the same office or working remotely. Apps are available to download in Slack and Microsoft Teams. | $300K / Seed / Mar 18, 2019 | ||
| Bolt is on a mission to democratize commerce. Bolt strengthens retailers’ relationships with their customers by unlocking secure, logged-in, lightning-fast checkouts. The company’s rapidly growing network of one-click-checkout-ready shoppers visits Bolt merchants as if they are return customers. Hundreds of retailers including, REVOLVE, Casper,Badgley Mischka, and LVMH brand Benefit Cosmetics leverage Bolt to offer their shoppers the seamless checkout experiences they’ve come to expect across the internet.Bolt was established in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $22M / Series A / Jun 01, 2018 | ||
| PRENAV was founded in October 2013 with a goal of solving autonomous flight in complex environments. Since then, they’ve assembled one of the top robotics teams in the world, with experts in computer vision, mechanical engineering, aeronautics, embedded systems, and software. In their short history, they’ve taken their technology to largeindustrial sites, inspected wind turbines, designed playful light shows, filmed music videos, and traveled around the world for their customers. And they’re only just getting started.At PRENAV, they’re solving fundamental challenges in robotics around localization, materials, planning, and computer vision in order to build autonomous systems that are ready for the real world. | $1.8M / Seed / Mar 15, 2016 | ||
| Oculus is enabling the world to experience anything, anywhere, with anyone through the power of virtual reality. The Oculus platform powers Rift and Samsung's Gear VR. Founded in 2012, the company is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, United States. | $2.6M / Seed / Sep 30, 2012 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Formic Ventures
Formic Ventures is a diversified venture capital firm that makes early-stage investments in biotechnology startups focused on human longevity as well as technology startups and companies that make human lives more meaningful.
Formic Ventures Contacts
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What does Michael Antonov invest in?
Michael Antonov invests primarily in Software, Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The most recent investment recorded for Michael Antonov closed in Apr 2023. Shizune tracks 11 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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