Tango Tango - Growth Capital
$5.87M Raised
Out in Huntsville, Alabama, where rockets launch but radio signals still hit dead zones, Trey Sharp saw a flaw you’d never forgive if it cost you seconds during a crisis. Kids with smartphones were better equipped to communicate than the first responders showing up to save lives. That’s not a tech gap. That’s a trust gap. And Trey, armed with 30 years in public safety comms and scars from the Sharp Communication grind, didn’t wait for someone else to solve it.
Tango Tango was born not in a boardroom but from boots-on-the-ground logic: make it easier, faster, and cheaper for first responders, schools, utilities, any critical ops crew, to talk, even when radios can’t. And talk they do, across 47 states, 600+ agencies, 13,000 users deep. Because when buildings block signals, budgets block upgrades, and disasters block plans, Tango Tango doesn’t blink.
They didn’t sell shiny promises. They sold uptime. They built encrypted push-to-talk tech that piggybacks on LTE, WiFi, and cloud networks, giving every responder the power to talk like a team, no matter what gear the department’s been stuck with. Traditional radio? Still in the loop. Smartphones, PCs, LTE radios? All in. Tango Tango didn’t toss the old system, they made it better. And cheaper. 80% cheaper than P25 systems. That’s not disruption. That’s common sense in a uniform.
The company just filed a $6M offering, pulling in $5.87M as of May 22. Quiet on the surface, loud in impact. No PR circus. Just real capital backing a real fix. And yeah, Innovate Alabama chipped in earlier with a grant because the math checks out, when you lower costs, more agencies can afford to protect more people. Funny how that works.
Ellie Johnson is running point on scaling sales, ops, and dev like it’s second nature. Beck Mitchell is lining up new partnerships that hit all the right frequencies. And the board? Heavy hitters like Danny Windham, ex-Digium and HudsonAlpha, who knows how to scale platforms with staying power.
Tango Tango isn’t trying to be loud. They just make sure the people who need to be heard, are.
If you’re in public safety, utilities, school security, or you’ve ever picked up a radio and prayed it worked when it counted, this isn’t just a funding round. It’s a signal. And it’s coming in loud and clear.
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