Deep TechPowering Essential Systems

[ 01 ] THESIS

Modern civilisation runs on critical systems:

Energy. Food. Health. Climate.

Demand is rising.  Supply cannot keep up.

This creates structural gaps independent of economic cycles.

As these gaps widen, they define where capital should be deployed.

[ 02 ] SCOPE

We Invest In...

Energy
Food
Health
Climate

INVESTMENT TICKETS

€100 K - €500 K

Entry point: Pre-seed to Series A.
We lead or participate in rounds where our technical expertise provides disproportionate value.

GEOGRAPHY

EU, UK & US

We invest in jurisdictions we know, in scalable essential technologies and missions aligned with our target of improving one billion lives.

[ 03 ] STATS

Deployed Capital

€638,5k

Portfolio Companies

6

Average Investment

€106,4k

Median Valuation

€30,6M

Deployment by Stages

Across 8 Tickets
  • Pre-Seed 20%
  • Seed 39%
  • Series A 41%

Deployment by Sector

66% Hardware
  • Energy 0%
  • Food 17%
  • Health 38%
  • Climate 45%

[ 04 ] OUR PORTFOLIO

Desolenator

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Desolenator is a water technology company that uses solar energy to purify contaminated water, delivering clean to ultra-pure water to off-grid and water-scarce communities.

Ziwig

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Ziwig Biotech is pioneering the analysis of salivary RNA and the application of artificial intelligence to biomolecular biology. Currently in the market with Endotest®, the first non-invasive and highly reliable saliva-based test for the diagnosis of endometriosis.

Oasys now

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Oasys Now is an award-winning health data platform that enables health organisations to recruit clinical trial patients and securely drive EHR and DNA insights at scale.

Dryad

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Dryad develops solar-powered sensor networks to detect wildfires within 10 minutes of onset and protect forests at scale.

Biotic

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Biotic develops biodegradable plastics that replace conventional materials with scalable, high-performance alternatives.

Fluency

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Fluency develops first offline-capable, secure infrastructure for large financial systems, robots and drones.

[ 05 ] WORD FROM THE GP

UROS LEKIC
General Partner

Shortly after co-founding StoreDNA in 2017, I knew that I wanted to move into venture.

I went to Stanford and learned investing in Silicon Valley with VC Venture Partners. I sourced European deals with Seedrs.

In 2022, I founded TenNine in Amsterdam to back exceptional deep tech founders tackling challenges in energy, food, health, and climate.

I started TenNine with a question: Where can I create meaningful impact? The engineer in me said: Hard problems. The businessman: Large, compounding markets. The founder: Support early. The human: Essentials first. That became TenNine. 10⁹, a billion lives we aim to improve.

[ 06 ] ARTICLES

3 ENTRIES

[ 07 ] VC INDEX

7 COUNTRIES

We map deep tech venture capital firms across key ecosystems by sector focus, stage, and ticket size, making it easier for founders and operators to identify who is funding companies in the space.