Nominal
Nominal provides a unified software suite for hardware engineering teams to test, operate, and analyze complex physical systems.
Raised $183M across disclosed rounds.[18]
Series B-2 closed March 2026, led by Founders Fund.[1][2][9][17]
post-money valuation is not publicly disclosed.
Named investors include Founders Fund, Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst, Lux Capital, Red Glass, Lightspeed, XYZ, Haystack, Human Capital, BoxGroup.[1][9][10][18]
Cameron McCord, Co-founder, CEO[18][19][20][25][6][22]
Bryce Strauss, Co-founder[18][19][20][25][6][22]
Jason Hoch, Co-founder[18][19][20][25][6][22]
Stephen Slattery, Head of Product[6][18][19][20][22][25]
David Jannotta, Security Lead[6][18][19][20][22][25]
Anduril Industries · anduril.com · Same buyer (defense contractors), co-founder of Anduril is a lead investor in Nominal, and Anduril is a customer of Nominal.[1][13][17]
Palantir Technologies · palantir.com · Several Nominal team members previously worked at Palantir, indicating a shared talent pool and potentially similar problem spaces.[13]
Mach Industries · machindustries.com · Same buyer and same job to be done: a defense hardware prime running its own test and validation stack. Nominal announced Mach Industries selected it to run test infrastructure with automated readiness decisions and full traceability from simulation to the...[11]
Yokogawa · yokogawa.com · Same buyer and same system of record: industrial data acquisition and monitoring for engineering and operations teams. Tracxn lists Yokogawa as a top competitor to Nominal's unified industrial data stack, meaning the same industrial buyer weighing data...[24]
Inductive Automation · inductiveautomation.com · Same buyer and same workflow: plant and asset data connectivity, monitoring, and control software for industrial engineering teams.[24]
Phaidra · phaidra.ai · Same buyer and same budget line: industrial operations software for facilities and process equipment. Tracxn names it a top competitor to Nominal, placing both in the same industrial data and manufacturing technology evaluation set.[24]
North Wind · north-wind.com · similar, not yet paired · Same buyer and same budget line: aerospace test and validation services. North Wind sells aerospace testing to the same engineering organizations Nominal targets, and the two are named together in a partnership covering hardware intelligence for those...[8]
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Nominal
Nominal provides a unified software suite for hardware engineering teams to test, operate, and analyze complex physical systems.
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