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Nomad Data

New York, US · Founded 2021 · Delaware corporation · 15 employees on LinkedIn · 5 known investors

Nomad Data offers an AI-driven platform that lets organizations query large volumes of business documents and datasets to surface answers, and connects users to a network of over 5,300 external data providers. It serves data teams and enterprises—such as investment managers and private equity firms—as a system of record for datasets, data providers, and document workflows.

Also known as Nomad

Founders & leadership

Nomad Data was founded in 2021 by Brad Schneider and Justin Manikas.

BSBrad Schneider
Brad SchneiderCEO
JMJustin Manikas
Justin ManikasVP Partnerships & Co-founder

Investors · 5

Reported raises · per SEC filings

Form D private placements

$1.5M disclosed across 1 round · 2021

$1.5MraisedMar 2021 · 6 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)
Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
  • Brad SchneiderExecutive Officer, Director
Offering amount
$1.6M
Amount sold
$1.5M
First sale
Feb 2021
Incorporated
Corporation, Delaware, 2021
Federal exemptions
06b
Full filing on SEC EDGAR ↗

Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.

Company profile

researched Aug 2026

Nomad Data operates a platform that applies AI to unstructured business documents and to the task of locating and organizing datasets. Its stated purpose is to let knowledge workers query thousands of documents at once and receive answers with pointers to the specific location in a document where the answer appears, as well as to help organizations identify data they already own, create or purchase and find new external sources.

The product line has three named components. Doc Chat extracts insights from unstructured text across large document sets, supports question-answering over any or all documents, and can export extracted fields across thousands of documents into a spreadsheet. The Data Relationship Manager (DRM) functions as a CRM-style system of record for data: records for every vendor, dataset and contact, logs of interactions and internal notes, management of data subscriptions and spend, tracking of evaluation progress across internal teams to avoid duplicate purchases, and alerts for pending renewals and opt-out dates. A third component, Connect, is offered for cases where users cannot find what they need. The company positions its document capability against general-purpose chat assistants on the basis of scaling to tens of thousands of documents, not using customer data for training, and configurability to business-specific document workflows.

Business model

Nomad Data sells software to organizations, combining document-analysis tooling with a system of record for datasets, data providers and data subscriptions, including tracking of license restrictions, evaluations and renewals.

Traction

The website cites use by data and analytics leaders at organizations including Brookfield Properties, Newzoo, SimilarWeb, apexanalytix and Continental General, and advertises access to over 5,400 data providers.

Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market

Market position

Nomad Data presents itself as offering more than a conventional data catalog and describes access to what it calls the largest market of data providers, with over 5,400 providers reachable through the platform.

Combination of document question-answering with a CRM-like registry of data vendors, datasets and subscriptions; scale to tens of thousands of documents; answers linked to their source passage; customer data excluded from training; customizable document workflows.

Technology

AI-driven querying of unstructured text at scale, returning answers with citations to the location in the source document, plus bulk extraction of fields from large document sets into structured spreadsheet output. The company states that customer data is not used for model training.

Go-to-market

Direct self-serve entry points on the company website ("start now", login) alongside customer-facing webinars, such as a recorded session on a customer's use of Doc Chat for claims processing, and customer testimonials from data leaders.

Knowledge workers and data functions inside enterprises, with references on the company site to private equity firms, global and Asia-based investment managers, chief data officers, and named organizations including Brookfield Properties, Newzoo, SimilarWeb, apexanalytix and Continental General.

Compiled by commissioned research from 1 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
Data providers accessible via platformJan 20255,400 providers
HeadcountAug 202615

Company-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.

Competitors · 5

by search overlap
Datarade57 shared keywordsDatarade is a marketplace platform for purchasing and discovering business datasets, including company data, firmographic information, and technographic insights. The platform connects data buyers with providers offering verified company profiles, financial metrics, employee information, and technology stack data across multiple industries and geographies.
Netezza51 shared keywordsIBM is a global technology company whose business spans enterprise software (including Red Hat, HashiCorp, and Confluent), IT infrastructure such as mainframes, servers, and storage, and IT consulting services. The company is also investing heavily in quantum computing and AI-based enterprise offerings, including its Lightwell open-source software security clearinghouse and the Anderon quantum wafer foundry.
Intuit®25 shared keywordsIntuit develops financial software products—including TurboTax, Credit Karma, QuickBooks, and Mailchimp—for consumers and small businesses to manage taxes, credit, accounting, and marketing. It serves approximately 100 million customers worldwide.
Middesk25 shared keywordsMiddesk is a business identity platform that helps companies verify, onboard, and monitor other businesses using verified data and streamlined processes. It serves financial services and enterprise companies that need to assess business creditworthiness and trust.
Dremio25 shared keywordsDremio provides an Agentic Lakehouse platform that enables fast, governed access to enterprise data across multiple sources without ETL, with an AI Semantic Layer for business context and autonomous infrastructure management. The platform serves knowledge workers and AI agents seeking instant access to trusted data without traditional data platform complexity.

Companies competing with Nomad Data for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.

Legal entities · 1

corporate structure
Nomad DataDelaware

In the news

Research sources · 1

primary sources listed

1 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.

Frequently asked questions

What does Nomad Data do?
Nomad Data is an AI platform for querying business documents and discovering internal and external datasets and providers.
Who founded Nomad Data?
Nomad Data was founded by Brad Schneider, Justin Manikas in 2021.
Who are Nomad Data's investors?
Nomad Data's investors include Flair Ventures, Geek Ventures, Struck Capital, TenOneTen Ventures, Bloomberg Beta.
How much funding has Nomad Data raised?
Nomad Data has disclosed $1.5M raised across 1 round.
Where is Nomad Data headquartered?
Nomad Data is headquartered in New York, US.