# Tacilent AI

Tacilent empowers investors to recover 1–2% of portfolio value lost to hidden risks.

- Canonical URL: https://wefunder.com/tacilent.ai
- Entity ID: wefunder:company:186197
- Last updated: 2026-06-24T23:53:05Z
- Generated at: 2026-06-25T06:41:07Z

## Quick facts
- 2026 Technology Association of Georgia Top 40 Most Innovative Companies
- 2025 Legal Tech Fund Top Emerging Reg Tech Company
- Founder built FBI Intelligence Program and Covert Ops Intel Tools + Built EY's Cyber Data/Intel Team
- Co-Founder previously built a SaaS company to $40 Million ARR without VC capital.
- 2025 Atlanta Best New Start Up top 4 out of 250 companies
- 2025 The Channel Company Stellar AI Start UP
- Founding team from EY, FBI, Harvard, and Georgia Tech national security risk experts.
- $600 Million in risk savings for customers, 500 hours saved on average

## Story
The ProblemPE firms, family offices, and M&A teams spend millions on diligence and portfolio monitoring, but annual reviews and scattered tools still miss hidden risks until they cost 5 to 10% of deal value.The data:70 to 90% of deals miss their value targets, often due to risks found late or after closeCyber and regulatory incidents routinely delay or reprice dealsIn a 20-company portfolio, 1 to 3 names will carry hidden cyber, regulatory, or operational issues that eventually show up as deal delays, valuation haircuts, or post-close regretBoards and LPs now expect a live portfolio risk view, not annual DD and a few audits. No one has built the portfolio risk intelligence engine to deliver it — until now.The SolutionTacilent is a portfolio risk intelligence engine that continuously reads CIMs, data rooms, and global risk signals like an intelligence unit, then forecasts the P&L and IRR impact of every risk from deal to exit.For every target and portfolio company, Tacilent answers:Are we impacted? (Deal data + global signals)What did we do about it? (Intelligence tradecraft + expert analysis)How much will it cost? (P&L and IRR impact)What if we do nothing? (Answers for IC and LPs)Coverage: Deal research & diligence → Portfolio monitoring → Exit readinessWhy We Winvs. Big 4, Legacy Platforms, and Generic AI✅ Real-time Continuous Portfolio Intelligence — not point-in-time assessments✅ Deal-to-Exit Continuity — one engine for diligence, monitoring, and exit✅ Portfolio Aware — internal and external risk in one model, not siloed tools✅ Dollars-Quantified Impact — not abstract risk scores✅ Intelligence Tradecraft + Risk SLM — FBI-grade analysis, not generic LLM summariesThe TeamBuilt by former FBI, EY, DoD, GA Tech, and Harvard risk experts who know how to build, scale, and exit.Ron Johnson, Founder & Chief Analyst — FBI, DoD, EY ($100M P&L), Harvard Executive FellowJosh Bonham, Co-Founder & COO — $40M ARR growth in 3 years, exited SaaS co-founder, scaled company to $100M ARRKenneth Cassine, Intelligence Operations — Former FBI Executive, $1B+ Cloud and Security Portfolios (Capital One, AWS)Dr. Beverly Wright, Chief AI & Data Officer — GA Tech Professor, TAG Data Science & AI Board ChairSree Pradhip, Head of Engineering — Former AWS Senior Solutions Architect, 20 years leading engineering teamsTractionEarly Wins:$600M saved — Prevented regulatory exposure months in advance500 hours saved — AI automation of continuous risk monitoring$100K saved — Per PE portfolio risk assessment engagement50% margin increase — Turned 48-hour risk assessment into 1 hourCurrent Momentum:Featured partners: Andersen, EY, Kroll, MIT | CRN's 2025 Stellar Startups (AI) | LegalTech Fund Emerging RegTech | TAG Invest Connect 1st Place | Microsoft + NVIDIA Inception ProgramThe MarketWe're building a wedge into the $215B risk management market by owning portfolio risk intelligence for PE and M&A.$215B TAM — Global risk management spend$10–15B SAM — PE, family offices, and M&A teams doing repeated deals$100M ARR SOM — 2,000 organizations × $50K = intelligence across 30,000+ portfolio companiesThere are 20,000 mid-market PE/FO/M&A teams globally, spending $250K to $2M/year on risk tools and consultants.Once portfolio risk intelligence becomes standard in IC and LP decks, switching away from the incumbent becomes nearly impossible.Use of Funds: How We Use $1.2M to Lock in the CategoryRevenue & Customer Acquisition (60% — $720K)Hire 2 AEs (PE/M&A direct) + 1 Channel Manager (advisory OEM)Target: 25 customers, $1M ARR by Q4 2026 (15 direct PE/M&A, 10 advisory partners)Product & Engineering (30% — $360K)Launch Risk AIQ 5.2 with enhanced forecasting simulationsDeploy portfolio-trained Risk SLM (PE/FO/M&A scenarios)Deepen deal workflow integrations and fund-level portfolio risk mapMarketing & Category Creation (10% — $120K)Publish "State of Portfolio Risk Intelligence 2026" reportLP/IC-ready content library and PE/M&A conference speakingLinkedIn ads and partner co-marketing (Andersen, Kroll)12-Month MilestonesQ2 2026: $500K ARR, 10 customers, Launch Risk AIQ 5.2Q4 2026: $1M+ ARR, 25+ customers, 300+ portcos monitored, Deploy Risk SLMThe VisionBy 2031, Tacilent is the global standard for portfolio risk intelligence.2,000+ firms managing 30,000+ portfolio companiesLPs and boards expect a Tacilent-style portfolio risk view in every IC and fund reviewFunds that adopt a portfolio risk intelligence engine win deals, exits, and LP trust. Those that don't are betting IRR on luck.Why Invest NowWith this round, we either become the default portfolio risk brain for PE and M&A — or someone else will, and that window will not reopen.This Private round is how early believers join us before institutional capital. Once it's closed, the terms and access will look very different.Investment TermsWeFunder SPVMin: $5,000 | Cap: $12M | Discount: 20% | Goal: $400K (part of $1.2M raise) | Closes: April 24, 2026

## Team
- Ron Johnson (Founder + Chief Analyst)
- Josh Bonham (COO)
- Ken Cassine (VP- Partnerships and Intelligence Operations )
- Beverly Wright (Chief AI & Data Officer)