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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.

    55% of their portfolio is in Defense & Space. Deal activity decreased year-over-year (1 deal in the last 12 months vs 2 prior). Their most common stage is seed (55% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $142.8M (across 18 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    18

    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

    22 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Lunar Outpost logoLunar OutpostSeries B$30MMay 2026
    BioOrbit logoBioOrbitSeed—Jan 2026
    PsiQuantum logoPsiQuantumSeries E$1BSep 2025
    PsiQuantum logoPsiQuantumSeries E$1BJan 2025
    Lunar Outpost logoLunar OutpostSeries A—Nov 2024
    Active Surfaces logoActive SurfacesPre-Seed$5.6MMay 2024
    Active Surfaces logoActive SurfacesPre-Seed$5.6MMay 2024
    Axiom Space logoAxiom SpaceSeries C$350MAug 2023
    Signaloid logoSignaloidSeed—May 2023
    Gravitics logoGraviticsSeed$20MNov 2022
    TOffeeAM logoTOffeeAMSeries A—Nov 2022
    Lunar Outpost logoLunar OutpostSeed$12MMay 2022
    Radian Aerospace logoRadian AerospaceSeed$27.5MJan 2022
    Space Forge logoSpace ForgeSeed$10.2MJan 2021
    Robotire logoRobotireSeed$1M—
    AArgo SpacePre-Seed$7.9M—
    AArgo SpaceSeed$2M—
    Natilus logoNatilusSeries A$28M—
    Argo logoArgoSeed$7.9M—
    Argo logoArgoSeed$7.9M—
    Radian Aerospace logoRadian AerospaceSeed$27.5M—
    Radian Aerospace logoRadian AerospaceSeed$27.5M—

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    Last updated: 20 October 2026