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    Type One Ventures

    Malibu, California, United StatesFounded 2019

    Type One Ventures is a multi-stage venture capital firm investing in founders building the infrastructure, intelligence, and industrial systems that will advance humanity toward a Type 1 Civilization. The firm focuses on space technology, deep technology, AI, robotics, and related sectors across the US and Europe.

    35% of their portfolio is in Defense & Space. Their most common stage is seed (59% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $12.9M (across 14 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    16

    Fund Size

    $50M

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    1

    Team

    Tarek Waked

    Tarek Waked

    Co-Founder & Managing Partner

    Abdo John Hajj

    Abdo John Hajj

    Co- Founder & Managing Partner

    Sanjeev Gordhan

    Sanjeev Gordhan

    General Partner

    Warren Hui

    Warren Hui

    General Partner - APAC

    Ryan Kriser

    Ryan Kriser

    Partner

    Ryutaro Hiroshima

    Ryutaro Hiroshima

    Partner, Head of Japan

    Daphne Zhao

    Daphne Zhao

    Director - APAC

    Omar Pimentel

    Omar Pimentel

    Director of Frontier Strategy

    Yuki Nakamura

    Yuki Nakamura

    Director of Investor Relations - Japan

    Avantika Gupta

    Avantika Gupta

    Principal

    Daniil Chen

    Daniil Chen

    Principal

    Gustav Spangberg

    Gustav Spangberg

    Principal

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    17 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    BioOrbit logoBioOrbitSeedJan 2026
    Active Surfaces logoActive SurfacesPre-Seed$5.6MMay 2024
    AActive SurfacesPre-Seed$5.6MMay 2024
    Signaloid logoSignaloidSeedMay 2023
    Gravitics logoGraviticsSeed$20MNov 2022
    TOffeeAM logoTOffeeAMSeries ANov 2022
    Lunar Outpost logoLunar OutpostSeed$12MMay 2022
    Radian Aerospace logoRadian AerospaceSeed$27.5MJan 2022
    Cosmic Shielding Corporation logoCosmic Shielding CorporationPre-Seed$1MMay 2021
    RoboTire logoRoboTireSeed$1M
    AArgo SpacePre-Seed$7.9M
    AArgo SpaceSeed$2M
    Natilus logoNatilusSeries A$28M
    Daanaa logoDaanaaSeries A$7M
    Argo logoArgoSeed$7.9M
    RRadian AerospaceSeed$27.5M
    Radian Aerospace logoRadian AerospaceSeed$27.5M

    Top Co-Investors

    SpaceFund4 shared
    Gaingels4 shared
    IQ Capital2 shared
    The Private Shares Fund2 shared
    SV Angel1 shared
    Giant Step Capital1 shared

    Last updated: 9 September 2026