Ukrainian-founded · Defense
TENCORE
TENCORE is a Ukrainian defense company manufacturing the TerMIT ground robot. It raised $3.74 million in 2025 and formed a German production venture with Quantum Systems.
- Stage
- Seed ↗
- Hiring
- Hiring ↗
- Founded
- 2024
- Location
- Kyiv · Germany
- Focus
- Defense · Ground robotics
- Ukraine presence
- Designed and manufactured in Ukraine for Ukrainian defense units
- Status
- Active
Recent momentum
Produced and deployed more than 800 TerMIT ground robots, then formed a German production joint venture with Quantum Systems.
Funding stage
$3.74M seed investment from U.S.-Ukrainian MITS Capital, announced in July 2025.
Stage source ↗Ukrainian connection
Ukrainian founders Maksym Vasylchenko and Roman Tkachenko built TENCORE in Kyiv for frontline ground-robotics requirements.
Founders
Maksym Vasylchenko
Co-founder and CEO · Ukrainian co-founder and CEO of TENCORE.
LinkedIn profile ↗Roman Tkachenko
Co-founder and CBDO · Ukrainian co-founder leading business development at TENCORE.
LinkedIn profile ↗Sources
- TENCORE raises $3.74M ↗Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine · Supports: funding, investor, Ukraine connection, company.
- Quantum Systems and TENCORE form German joint venture ↗Quantum Systems · Supports: production, Western ties, product, momentum.
- TENCORE company profile ↗TENCORE · Supports: founders, deployments, orders, company.
Reviewed August 8, 2026. Methodology.