Nominal
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Founders & leadership
Nominal was founded in 2020 by Oren Harnevo, Ronald Bianchini, Jr., Roneil Rumburg, Ohad Finkelstein, and SAMUEL HARRISON.
Investors · 44
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Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements$211M disclosed across 10 of 13 rounds · 2012–2026
- Undisclosed amountSeries BJun 2025Source ↗
▶$15.3MraisedDec 2023 · 8 investors · BiotechnologyRule 506(b)
- SAMANTHA SINGERExecutive Officer, Director
- LEONARD DRAGONEExecutive Officer
- VALERIE ODEGARDDirector
- STEPHEN SOFENExecutive Officer
- SANDY LAZZARIExecutive Officer
- SHELLEY CHUDirector
- NAGESH MAHANTHAPPADirector
- JOHN TRZUPEKExecutive Officer
- ABBIE CELNIKERDirector
- MITCH FINERDirector
- DAVID KAUFMANDirector
- LORENCE KIMDirector
- ELLEN CAHIR-MCFARLANDExecutive Officer
- Amount sold
- $15.3M
- First sale
- Dec 2023
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2020
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$45MraisedJun 2022 · 7 investors · BiotechnologyRule 506(b)
- SAMANTHA SINGERExecutive Officer, Director
- ABBIE CELNIKERDirector
- MITCH FINERDirector
- NAGESH MAHANTHAPPADirector
- LORENCE KIMDirector
- SANDY LAZZARIExecutive Officer
- SHELLEY CHUDirector
- STEPHEN SOFENExecutive Officer
- VALERIE ODEGARDDirector
- JOHN TRZUPEKExecutive Officer
- Offering amount
- $95M
- Amount sold
- $45M
- First sale
- Jun 2021
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2020
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$21.9MraisedDec 2021 · 41 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Paul MurphyDirector
- Yang MouExecutive Officer, Director
- Brett MartinExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $24.3M
- Amount sold
- $21.9M
- First sale
- Nov 2021
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2020
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$2.5MraisedDec 2020 · 3 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Brett MartinExecutive Officer, Director
- Yang MouExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $3M
- Amount sold
- $2.5M
- First sale
- Nov 2020
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2020
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$11.6MraisedJun 2018 · 9 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Dominic EndicottDirector
- Erez ShacharDirector
- Richard ScanlonDirector
- Oren HarnevoExecutive Officer, Director
- James BerikerDirector
- Menashe EzraDirector
- David KahaneDirector
- Offering amount
- $19.4M
- Amount sold
- $11.6M
- First sale
- Jun 2018
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$14MraisedMar 2017 · 9 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Paul BrianDirector
- Ronald Bianchini, Jr.Executive Officer, Director
- John DeanDirector
- Bill ChambersDirector
- John W. JarveDirector
- Matthew D. HowardDirector
- Offering amount
- $14M
- Amount sold
- $14M
- First sale
- Mar 2017
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$21.5MraisedJun 2016 · 5 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Gal BarneaExecutive Officer
- Christina CalvanesoExecutive Officer
- Brian PozeskyExecutive Officer
- Menashe EzraDirector
- Erez ShacharDirector
- Tal RiesenfeldDirector
- Richard ScanlonDirector
- Oren HarnevoExecutive Officer, Director
- Jeff FagelExecutive Officer
- Gabi PelesExecutive Officer
- David KahaneDirector
- James BerikerDirector
- Jason BaadsgaardExecutive Officer
- Ohad FinkelsteinDirector
- Offering amount
- $38.8M
- Amount sold
- $21.5M
- First sale
- Jun 2016
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$16.1MraisedDec 2014 · 3 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Dominic EndicottDirector
- Brian PozeskyExecutive Officer
- Ohad FinkelsteinDirector
- Christina CalvanesoExecutive Officer
- Gabi PelesExecutive Officer
- Tal RiesenfeldDirector
- Menashe EzraDirector
- James BerikerDirector
- Oren HarnevoExecutive Officer, Director
- Gal BarneaExecutive Officer
- Richard ScanlonDirector
- Offering amount
- $16.1M
- Amount sold
- $16.1M
- Proceeds to insiders
- $1.1M
- First sale
- Nov 2014
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
Valuation · disclosed
Disclosed eventsSource: SEC prospectus filings, and round valuations the company or its investors disclosed — follow each entry's link for the claim.
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Nominal Inc. develops software for engineering teams that test and operate complex physical systems. Its platform addresses what the company calls the "data supply chain": the flow from instrumentation and data acquisition through storage, analysis, reporting and design decisions. The product captures high-rate test data, structures it so it is searchable and governable, and automates the workflows built around it, with the stated aim of making accumulated engineering judgment usable by AI tooling.
The company ships two applications. Nominal Core ingests and prepares test telemetry — organizing data from hundreds of sources into a consistent format and removing errors — then surfaces trends in dashboards, for example detecting a rise in a component's average operating temperature after a design change. Nominal Connect lets engineers assemble custom visualizations from packaged interface elements such as buttons and charts, and can also be used to control physical systems under test, for instance disabling an actuator on a robotic arm to observe failure behavior. Reported use cases include rocket engine firings streamed in real time, satellite qualification in thermal vacuum chambers, and acceptance testing of hardware destined for submarines, fighter jets and power plants; the software is used in the development of satellites, aircraft and autonomous vehicles.
Nominal began in aerospace and defense, positioned as infrastructure for the defense industry, and states it intends to extend into automotive, energy, manufacturing and robotics. Growth is also expected to come from acquisitions of companies with complementary technology and teams in the United States and Europe.
Founding story
Co-founder and CEO Cameron McCord is a former U.S. Navy submarine officer and an alumnus of defense technology company Anduril. The founders have said they started in aerospace and defense because they experienced the associated testing and data problems firsthand in their own careers. The company's investor letter is signed by Cameron, Bryce and Jason; Nasdaq Private Market lists Bryce Strauss and Jason Hoch as co-founders alongside McCord.
Business model
Nominal sells enterprise software to organizations that develop and validate hardware, with adoption reported to spread program by program inside customer engineering organizations. Capital is being deployed toward further product development, international expansion and acquisitions.
Traction
Revenue grew sevenfold in the year leading up to the March 2026 round, though absolute figures were not disclosed. The installed base spans thousands of engineers at more than 60 organizations, including four of the five largest defense contractors. Headcount more than tripled to 135 in the ten months following the Series B.
Latest developments
On March 5, 2026, Nominal announced an $80 million Series B extension at a $1 billion valuation led by Founders Fund, with Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst, Lux Capital, Red Glass and Lightspeed participating. Founders Fund partner and Anduril co-founder Trae Stephens led the deal, described as preemptive. The company said proceeds will fund faster product development, international expansion beyond its London office, acquisitions in the U.S. and Europe, and a push into automotive, robotics and other industrial categories.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history
Market position
Nominal positions itself as infrastructure for serious hardware programs, contrasting its platform with legacy engineering tools and lightweight software-industry dashboards. It reports that four of the world's five largest defense contractors run on Nominal.
Technology
Nominal Core automates preparation of high-rate test telemetry, processing data from hundreds of sources concurrently, and performs trend detection with dashboard visualization. Nominal Connect provides packaged UI components for custom dashboards and supports command and control of instrumented systems during tests. The company emphasizes real-time observability, collaborative workflows and automation for mission-critical system validation and deployment.
Go-to-market
The company reports that engineering teams adopt the platform on one program and then extend it to subsequent programs, and it has focused initially on defense primes and aerospace organizations before broadening into other industrial sectors.
Hardware engineering teams in aerospace and defense, and increasingly automotive, energy, manufacturing and robotics. Named customers include Anduril, Pratt Miller Motorsports (the Corvette Racing Team) and nuclear energy company Antares.
Geography
Headquartered in Los Angeles according to March 2026 coverage, with a team distributed across Austin, New York, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and London; Nasdaq Private Market lists Austin, Texas as headquarters. The London office is the company's current international presence, which it plans to expand.
History
Nominal was founded in 2022, according to Nasdaq Private Market data, and TechCrunch described it in March 2026 as three and a half years old. It operated in stealth for roughly two years before Bloomberg reported in April 2024 that it had raised more than $27 million. A Series B led by Sequoia closed in September 2025, followed ten months after that round's process by an $80 million Series B extension (Series B-2) led by Founders Fund at a $1 billion valuation announced in March 2026.
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Key figures
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Timeline · 4
launches, deals, and filingsThe company said it would use the new capital to grow its international presence, which currently consists of a London office, pursue acquisitions in the United States and Europe, and extend the platform into automotive, energy, manufacturing and robotics.
Nominal announced an $80 million round at a $1 billion valuation, led by Founders Fund with participation from Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst, Lux Capital, Red Glass and Lightspeed. Founders Fund partner Trae Stephens led the preemptive deal.
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Bloomberg reported that Nominal, which had operated in stealth for two years, raised more than $27 million from investors including Lux Capital, General Catalyst and Founders Fund to accelerate development of hardware used in space, energy and other national-security-critical sectors.
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Legal entities · 1
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Nominal do?
- Nominal builds a unified industrial data platform for hardware engineering teams to capture, analyze and act on test telemetry.
- Who founded Nominal?
- Nominal was founded by Oren Harnevo, Ronald Bianchini, Jr., Roneil Rumburg, Ohad Finkelstein, SAMUEL HARRISON in 2020.
- Who are Nominal's investors?
- Nominal's investors include Accel, Adaverse, Aleph, Axeleo Capital, Bluebird Ventures, Bright Pixel Capital, CapitalG, Centerview Capital Technology and 34 more.
- How much funding has Nominal raised?
- Nominal has disclosed $211M raised across 10 of its 13 known rounds.
- Where is Nominal headquartered?
- Nominal is headquartered in New York, US.