SPEAR LABS LLC
Dynamic pneumatic membrane hearing protection earplugs for military working dogs with integrated loudspeaker, microphone, and active noise cancellation
- Sector
- Defense
- Headquarters
- Charlotte, TN
- Total capital
- $1.7M
- Federal grants
- $1.5M
- 2 awards · 2023–2025
- Rank in peer group#49 of 113
- Private capital raised
- None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
- Federal contracts
- $249K
- 1 award · Defense
- Rank in Defense#827 of 1442
- Granted patents
- 0
- 1 pending
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal contractDefense · SBIR Ph I, Spear Labs, Llc, SBIR Topic A254-P001$249K
- Federal grantDefense · Phase I · SBIR Ph I, Spear Labs, Llc, SBIR Topic A254-P001$249K
- Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Canine InEar Hearing Protection$1.2M
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Standing among 113 peers
Line = medianDefense · Device
- Federal grants#49 · top 43%
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Founders and team
No founders are linked to this company yet.
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Checked: USPTO inventors; federal award principal investigators; SEC Form D related persons · Oct 23, 2026
Claim this profile to add your teamWhat it has protected
USPTO · 0 granted of 1- PendingCanine Hearing Protection SystemUSPTOApplication 19068276
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Regulatory activity · Defense
- Danger Zone; Waters of Carr Creek and Whitehall Bay in the Vicinity of the Naval Support Activity AnnapolisEngineers Corps
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01; IntroductionNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Federal Acquisition Regulation: Trade Agreements ThresholdsNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01; Small Entity Compliance GuideNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06; Small Entity Compliance GuideNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Acquisition Circular 2025-06; IntroductionNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
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Data freshness
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