11/10/2026 | News release | Distributed by Public on 11/10/2026 15:52
November 10, 2026
Willkie represented Insight Partners as co-lead investor in a $240 million Series C funding round for Nominal, an AI platform for hardware engineering.
On November 9, Nominal, the Hardware Intelligence Platform, announced a $240 million Series C at a $3 billion valuation, co-led by Insight Partners and supported by numerous other major investors. The funding will support deeper products for engineers and engineering enterprises as well as Nominal's expansion into new industries and regions, including through strategic acquisitions.
Nominal is designing the hardware intelligence platform to build, test, and operate the world's most demanding machines, from autonomous ships and satellite constellations to hypersonic aircraft and nuclear microreactors.
Insight Partners is a global software investor partnering with high-growth technology, software, and Internet startup and ScaleUp companies.
The Willkie team was led by partners Matthew Guercio and Tai Fukumoto with law clerk Jenny Kim.