Nominal
Nominal sells software for hardware testing and collaboration, used by engineering teams to speed up development cycles. The 257-person company raised $183M through Series B in 2026, backed by major investors including Founders Fund and General Catalyst.
The growth story
Nominal grew from 2 to 257 employees between 2022 and 2026, raising $183M along the way, most recently a Series B in March 2026.
About
Nominal provides tools for running tests, analyzing results, and coordinating work across hardware engineering teams. Its platform aims to reduce development timelines from months to days for physical product development.
The company has attracted top-tier VC funding with its Series B round, though its headcount growth rate isn't disclosed. With 202 public professional profiles analyzed, its workforce shows strong representation from defense and aerospace tech firms.
Founders and leadership
Engineering dominates Nominal's workforce with 95 employees in that function. The company maintains a flat structure typical of startups, with median tenure at just one year.
The Nominal org chart
Cameron McCord (Co-Founder, CEO) leads 37 mapped leaders with 9 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 108 (+145% YoY), Operations 20 (+186% YoY), Marketing 20 (+400% YoY), Business Development 13 (+63% YoY), Sales 13 (+225% YoY), Administrative 10 (+67% YoY).
Talent flow
Nominal recruits heavily from Palantir (31 hires), AWS (13), and Anduril (11), reflecting its focus on complex systems engineering. Alumni scatter thinly across startups, with the highest concentration at Red Glass Ventures (2).
Most common previous employers of Nominal staff: Palantir Technologies (31), Amazon Web Services (AWS) (13), Amazon (12), Anduril Industries (11), SpaceX (10), Microsoft (9). Former Nominal employees most often moved to Red Glass Ventures (2), Orama Solutions (1), Arsenal Pulse (1), Samaya AI (1), LiveKit (1), Baseten (1).
Alumni worth knowing
The Nominal mafia
Four spinouts trace to Nominal alumni, including Civic (21 staff) and Red Glass Ventures (9 staff). The company shows early signs of becoming a talent feeder for hardware-focused startups.
4Bilal Zuberi, was Board Member until 2025Wesley Gow, was Chief of Staff, Revenue until 2026Anish Ravichandran, was Full Stack Developer Intern until 2023Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 62% direct, 22% search, 4% social, 0% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Nominal: Python (Programming Language) (91), Leadership (82), Microsoft Office (69), Microsoft Excel (62), Java (57), C++ (55), Public Speaking (54), Project Management (52).
Where the team actually sits
Nominal people are concentrated in New York, United States (45), California, United States (30), Texas, United States (24), Los Angeles Metropolitan Area (20). 2 offices on record.
Search footprint
Nominal attracts about 131 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $1K a month if bought through ads. It gained 31 ranking keywords and lost 26 in the last period.
Frequently asked
Nominal has 257 employees as of September 2026.
Nominal has raised $183M in total, most recently a Series B round in March 2026.
Nominal was founded in 2022 by Cameron McCord, Bryce Strauss, Jason Hoch.
Cameron McCord (Co-Founder, CEO) sits at the top of Nominal's reporting structure, with 9 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Nominal staff are Palantir Technologies (31 people), Amazon Web Services (AWS) (13 people), Amazon (12 people).
Former Nominal employees most often move to Red Glass Ventures (2), Orama Solutions (1), Arsenal Pulse (1).
At least 4 companies have a founder who previously worked at Nominal, including Civic, Red Glass Ventures, bevel.
Nominal attracts about 131 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $1K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Nominal staff are Python (Programming Language), Leadership, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, Java.
Nominal staff are concentrated in New York, United States (45), California, United States (30), Texas, United States (24).
Nominal has about 108 people in Engineering, up 145% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Nominal has about 20 people in Operations, up 186% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 202 current and 32 former Nominal profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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