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Nominal, founded in 2022 in Los Angeles, USA, by engineers from Anduril, Lockheed Martin and Palantir, provides test and monitoring software for complex hardware systems in defense, aerospace and energy.
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Funding history
- 2026-03Series B$80M
Investors · Red Glass, General Catalyst, Lux Capital, Founders Fund, Lightspeed, Sequoia CapitalSource · SVTR Weekly #147 ↗
- 2025-06New funding round$75M
Investors · Lightspeed, Lux Capital, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, Sequoia CapitalSource · SVTR Weekly #109
- 2024-04New funding round$27M
Investors · General Catalyst, Lux Capital, Founders FundSource · SVTR Weekly #050
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