Instrumental

Manufacturing AI and Data Platform

San Francisco, United States · Founded 2015 · $70.0M raised

Employees
51–200
Founded
2015
Business Model
B2B
Total Funding
$70.0M
Last Round
Series CMar 2026
Rounds
3

Totals include recorded grants and other qualifying funding, not just equity. What counts toward funding.

About

Instrumental is the leading manufacturing engineering control platform for electronics brands, founded in 2014 by former Apple engineers. The company combines hardware, software, and artificial intelligence to help engineering and operations teams eliminate manufacturing waste. Its platform enables electronics manufacturers to find failures faster, optimize production processes, and gain real-time visibility across new product introduction and mass production stages. Instrumental serves global brands in consumer electronics, enterprise electronics, AI compute infrastructure, and aerospace and defense, with a mission to cut the $8 trillion in annual global manufacturing waste in half.

Summary

Instrumental is a Computer Vision company based in San Francisco, United States, founded in 2015. It has raised $70.0M in total across 3 rounds, most recently a Series C round in Mar 2026. Investors include nVentures, BAM Elevate and Canaan Partners.

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Funding History

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