Tarek Waked
Founding Partner at Type One Ventures
Tarek Waked
Founding Partner at Type One Ventures
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
Overview
Work Experience
Founding Partner
2019 - Current
We back extraordinary teams and founders disrupting the status quo, be it on-or-off planet Earth. Inspired by astrophysicist Nikolai Kardashev’s method for measuring a civilization's level of technological advancement - the Kardashev scale. Type One Ventures exists to empower entrepreneurs providing the technology, infrastructure, and services that will be integral to the growth and advancement of mankind. Type One Ventures is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA and also has an office in London, United Kingdom.
Founding Investor & Board Member
2021
Big space stations. Artificial gravity.
Investor & Board Member
2022
Lunar Rovers. Infrastructure & Mobility on the lunar surface.
Investor
2021
Big rockets. Mars.
Investor & Board Member
2022
Mining the moon
Lead Investor & Board Member
2021
Space Forge is transforming return from space to deliver revolutionary experiments and products, for the benefit of humanity. Founded in 2018 to use the benefits of the space environment to make new materials that are not possible on Earth. We are developing a returnable manufacturing platform that reduces the costs of accessing space and returning to our planet. In-Space manufacturing will deliver the next generation of products that are critical to a sustainable Type One Civilization. Lead investor in the seed round and board member.
Founding Member
2024
Kogia is a free library of ocean photography and video from around the world, free to use for small ocean conservation organizations, non- profits, activists, marine scientists and artists who are working to protect our oceans.
Investor
2021
Radian is building a horizontal take off and horizontal landing space plane.
Investor
2019
OrbitFab is building "Gas Stations" in Space. Already having successfully supplied the international space station with water in 2019, OrbitFab aims to launch operational tankers to create a ubiquitous supply of satellite propellant in Orbit.
Investor
2021
Brelyon is building a next-generation immersive display. Brelyon has developed a 122' virtual screen that is displayed within the confines of a 32' physical monitor.
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