Abdo John Hajj

Abdo has always been driven by his passion for challenging the status quo and embracing the seemingly impossible. Growing up in Los Angeles as the child of Lebanese immigrants, he discovered his first love: music. A talented multi-instrumentalist, Abdo plays drums, guitar, and trumpet (though he admits he’s a bit rusty these days) and still produces music for fun.

After high school, he attended LA Mission College, where he developed a deep interest in Anthropology and History. At just 18, he co-produced the feature film Road to Juarez alongside Scott Rosenfelt, producer of Home Alone. Soon after, Abdo was accepted into the University of Southern California, where he pursued Narrative Studies, a multidisciplinary program merging cross-cultural studies, history, politics, and economics.

During his time at USC, Abdo participated in a Capstone project that took him to San Francisco, working with Vice journalists to investigate a high-profile political scandal. The experience cemented his passion for storytelling and uncovering complex truths.

In his final year of college, Abdo founded Homage Arts, a media company specializing in branded content for major brands, record labels, and artists. After successfully scaling and selling the company to an LA-based private equity group, he spent several years traveling through Central and South America, the Middle East, and Asia, deepening his global perspective.

Abdo’s investing career began in private equity consulting, where he collaborated with firms such as Spell Capital Partners, Atar Capital, Tresalia Capital, and HIG Capital. He also began making angel investments in deep technology startups and supporting R&D spin-offs, including work with Hanyang University in South Korea on the development of graphene fibers. In 2019, he co-founded a rapidly growing tech-enabled stationery business with Michael Cameron Martin.

During his early years as a Venture Capitalist, Abdo has led investments in groundbreaking companies including SpaceX, Stripe, Coco Robotics, Andela, and others, deploying more than $300 million across various strategies. Now, as the Co-founder and Managing Partner at Type One Ventures, Abdo is convinced that a new technological revolution led by space technology and deep tech will redefine humanity’s trajectory. He has deployed over $1 billion across early-stage and growth-stage technology companies and serves on the boards of Axiom Space and Cuby Technologies.