Why We Invested · General Catalyst
Why the firm invested
General Catalyst partnered with Nominal to support the modernization of critical national security and industrial infrastructure.
Modernizing critical infrastructure is an ever-growing national security imperative, and we are delighted to partner with Cameron, Bryce, Jason, and the entire Nominal team to help accelerate a renaissance of industrial innovation.
Product
Nominal's first product, Scout, is a data analysis tool designed for test engineers to develop, validate, and monitor complex hardware.
The company’s first product, Scout, is a data analysis tool that enables test engineers to develop, validate, and monitor hardware.
Nominal's software simplifies hardware data analysis, enabling analytical workflows that typically take hours to be completed in a few clicks.
Analytical workflows that often take hours can be done in a few clicks.
Team
Nominal was founded by Cameron McCord, Bryce Strauss, and Jason Hoch, a deeply technical team who experienced hardware testing challenges firsthand.
In Nominal, we found a deeply technical trio of co-founders - Cameron McCord, Bryce Strauss, and Jason Hoch - who together have lived the problem they have set out to solve.
Co-founder Jason Hoch spent five years leading Palantir Foundry deployments, providing software integration and GTM expertise for Nominal.
Jason spent five years at Palantir where he led a key team deploying Foundry, giving him perspective on the integration lift and GTM motion Nominal plans to take in the hardware world.
What founders can learn
- What actually moved the decision: General Catalyst wrote that General Catalyst partnered with Nominal to support the modernization of critical national security and industrial infrastructure.
- How the team was judged: General Catalyst wrote that Nominal was founded by Cameron McCord, Bryce Strauss, and Jason Hoch, a deeply technical team who experienced hardware testing challenges firsthand.
Source and provenance
Why We Invested published by General Catalyst on generalcatalyst.com (first-party source). Read the original
