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Tarek Waked

Founding Partner at Type One Ventures

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Work Experience

  • Founding Partner

    2019

    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.

2021

  • Investor

    2021

    Big rockets. Mars.

2022

  • 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.

2024

  • 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.

2019

  • 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.

2021

  • 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.