Type One Ventures
VC Fund
Los Angeles, United States
Type One Ventures is a VC fund in Los Angeles focused on Artificial Intelligence and Space Travel. Type One Ventures invests in early-stage startups developing technology, infrastructure, and services. Type One Ventures empowers the entrepreneurs providing the technology, infrastructure, and services that will be integral to the growth and advancement of mankind.
- Total investments:
- 53
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 17%
- Fund size:
- $108k
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Type One Ventures invests in
Stages Type One Ventures invests in
Countries Type One Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $2.2M–$20M
- Pre-Seed
- $1.8M–$5.6M
- Series A
- $7M–$40M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Artificial Intelligence 9 (17%)
- Space Travel 7 (13%)
- Aerospace 6 (11%)
- Manufacturing 6 (11%)
- Robotics 5 (9%)
Stage
- Seed 14 (26%)
- Series A 12 (23%)
- Pre-Seed 6 (11%)
- Series D 3 (6%)
- Funding Round 3 (6%)
Country
- United States 23 (43%)
- United Kingdom 4 (8%)
- Canada 1 (2%)
- Mexico 1 (2%)
- Norway 1 (2%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Daniil Chen
Principal
|
Principal | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Abdo John Hajj
General Partner
|
General Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Avantika Gupta
VP, UK & Europe
|
VP, UK & Europe | Total investments: 9 | Find email | |
Tarek Waked
Founding Partner
|
Founding Partner | Total investments: 15 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lunar Outpost creates technologies that enable a sustainable presence in cislunar space while driving a positive impact here on Earth. With product lines focused on robotics and advanced instrumentation Lunar Outpost has helped create the first oxygen on Mars as part of the Perseverance mission, has the first ever contract to sell space resources(specifically lunar resources) to NASA, and has successfully created product line from advanced technology work. Key products include the commercial lunar rover MAPP that can provide mobility to a variety of payloads on the lunar surface, and the Canary Air Quality and Monitoring System, an IoT system, which has collected over 20 Billion unique data points to date in over 20 different states.[ | $32.1M / Series B / May 07, 2026 | ||
| BioOrbit is a space manufacturing firm that develops hardware for large-scale protein drug crystallization. | $13.2M / Seed / Apr 30, 2026 | ||
| Axiom Space is a space infrastructure company that develops commercial human spaceflight services and orbital platforms. It organizes private astronaut missions to the International Space Station, providing training, mission planning, and in-orbit support. The company is also building commercial space station modules intended to operateindependently in low Earth orbit. In addition, it develops spacesuits and spaceflight systems to support government and commercial customers. Its activities integrate mission operations, engineering, and space hardware development to expand access to space. | $350M / Series D / Feb 12, 2026 | ||
| Natilus is a large scale drone manufacturing company. The company specializes in the manufacturing of Boeing 747 sized drones which provides inter-continental cargo delivery services and helps in reducing air freight costs. Natilus was founded by LZ Zhang, Anatoly Starikov and Aleksey Matyushev in 2016.First flight of their 2200 lbs / 30 ftdrone is scheduled for Summer 2018. At the end of 2018, Natilus completed a flight test of their 2200 lbs prototype.The first production vehicle scheduled for 2020 customer delivery underwent wind tunnel testing in April, 2019. Natilus currently holds an aircraft order book rumored to be in excess of $1B+. | $28M / Series A / Feb 10, 2026 | ||
| PsiQuantum develops quantum computing technologies using photonic qubits and silicon photonics to build fault-tolerant quantum computing systems. The company designs quantum hardware, software, and system architectures that support the development and operation of scalable quantum computers. It manufactures quantum photonic chips throughsemiconductor fabrication processes and develops cryogenic infrastructure and quantum algorithms for large-scale computing applications. PsiQuantum also collaborates with research institutions, government organizations, and industry partners on quantum computing research and technology development. Its work focuses on advancing quantum computing capabilities for scientific, industrial, and computational applications. | $1B / Series E / Sep 10, 2025 | ||
| Mandolin is a digital platform designed to help artists, venues, and fans connect through live music. The platform facilitates and offers content creation, distribution, live-streaming of music shows and events and fans' insights, enabling the music community to bring live music back to the stage. | $40M / Series A / Jun 25, 2025 | ||
| Mandolin delivers precision automation tools for specialty drug processing workflows. It automates the full end-to-end lifecycle of tasks such as intake & onboarding (reading referral forms, lab reports, clinical notes), benefits verification (navigating payer portals and extracting eligibility data), patient out-of-pocket estimation, medicalpolicy review and prior authorizations, and claims status plus appeals. Mandolin uses AI agents to perform many of the manual, repetitive tasks that typically occupy back-office teams. It ensures that every action is transparent, logged, and aligned with healthcare payer requirements and regulatory standards. | $40M / Series A / Jun 25, 2025 | ||
| Space Forge make super materials in space that cannot be made on earth. | $30M / Series A / May 14, 2025 | ||
| Axiom Space is a space infrastructure company that develops commercial human spaceflight services and orbital platforms. It organizes private astronaut missions to the International Space Station, providing training, mission planning, and in-orbit support. The company is also building commercial space station modules intended to operateindependently in low Earth orbit. In addition, it develops spacesuits and spaceflight systems to support government and commercial customers. Its activities integrate mission operations, engineering, and space hardware development to expand access to space. | Mar 27, 2025 | ||
| Lunar Outpost creates technologies that enable a sustainable presence in cislunar space while driving a positive impact here on Earth. With product lines focused on robotics and advanced instrumentation Lunar Outpost has helped create the first oxygen on Mars as part of the Perseverance mission, has the first ever contract to sell space resources(specifically lunar resources) to NASA, and has successfully created product line from advanced technology work. Key products include the commercial lunar rover MAPP that can provide mobility to a variety of payloads on the lunar surface, and the Canary Air Quality and Monitoring System, an IoT system, which has collected over 20 Billion unique data points to date in over 20 different states.[ | $9.6M / Series A / Nov 13, 2024 | ||
| See all 53 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Type One Ventures invest in?
Type One Ventures invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Space Travel and Aerospace startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 53 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Type One Ventures's check size?
Type One Ventures typically joins rounds of $2.2M–$20M at Seed, $1.8M–$5.6M at Pre-Seed and $7M–$40M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Type One Ventures participates in.
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Who are the partners at Type One Ventures?
The team at Type One Ventures includes Daniil Chen (Principal), Abdo John Hajj (General Partner) and Avantika Gupta (VP, UK & Europe). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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