TACKLE AI, LLC
AI software for legal case management and logistics optimization
- Sector
- Software
- Headquarters
- BLOOMINGDALE, IL
- Founded
- 2017
- Latest Form D
- $3.7M, Dec 2025
- Total capital
- $10.6M
- Federal grants
- $50K
- 1 award · 2019
- Sector median 0 awards
- Private capital raised
- $10.5M
- 6 Form D · last Dec 2025
- 11 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 6th filing$3.7M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 5th filing$1M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 4th filing$3.5M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$500K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$190K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$1.6M
- Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Open Call for Innovative Defense-Related Dual-Purpose Technologies/Solutions with a Clear Air Force Stakeholder Need$50K
Node area is scaled to amount. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.
Federal first
8months
from TACKLE AI, LLC’s first federal award to its first private round.
- First federal award · Dec 2019
- Defense · $50K
- First Form D · Aug 2020
- $1.6M · 1st Form D
- Awards before first raise
- 1 award
An association in public records, not a cause or a prediction.
Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- JOE STECHERResearcherPromoterLinked by $50K in grants as PI
- JASON MERCERDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- JOSEPH VAN HECKEDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Sergio R SuarezExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- SERGIO SUAREZ JR.Executive Officer, Director, PromoterNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Suarez R SuarezExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
No granted patents are on record.
USPTO usually publishes applications 18 months after filing, so recent applications may not be visible yet. Patents assigned under a different entity name won’t match.
Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026
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.
How to read this page
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Data freshness
SEC Form D filings through . SBIR and STTR awards through .