{"id":715193,"date":"2026-03-05T22:15:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T19:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hardware-testing-startup-nominal-hits-1b-valuation-raises-155m-in-10-months\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T22:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T19:15:10","slug":"hardware-testing-startup-nominal-hits-1b-valuation-raises-155m-in-10-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hardware-testing-startup-nominal-hits-1b-valuation-raises-155m-in-10-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Hardware testing startup Nominal hits $1B valuation, raises $155M in 10 months"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nominal on Thursday <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/nominal.io\/blog\">announced<\/a> a fresh $80M <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Series<\/a> B extension round at a $1 billion valuation, led by Founders Fund. This followed the company\u2019s $75M Series B round led by Sequoia in September.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nominal offers software that helps hardware engineers test their designs and began as a picks-and-shovels type of startup for the defense industry. The three-and-a-half-year-old, L.A.-based company says that in the last 10 months, it has landed four of the five largest defense contractors as customers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CEO and co-founder Cameron McCord (pictured) is a former U.S. Navy submarine officer and Anduril alum, the defense tech company, which is also one of Nominal\u2019s marquee customers. So perhaps it\u2019s no surprise that Anduril co-founder and executive chairman Trae Stephens, who is also a Founders Fund partner, led this as a preemptive deal, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-03-05\/founders-fund-leads-80-million-bet-on-manufacturing-unicorn\">McCord told Bloomberg.<\/a> Sequoia, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General<\/a> Catalyst, Lux Capital, Red Glass, and Lightspeed also participated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next up, Nominal plans to expand beyond defense tech and into industrial sectors like automotive, robotics, and other industries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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This followed the company\u2019s $75M Series B round led by Sequoia in September. 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