Vetrofibermap
Portland, US · Founded 2020 · Delaware corporation · 108 employees on LinkedIn · 6 known investors
VETRO offers a GIS software platform (VETRO FiberMap) for mapping, modeling, and managing fiber broadband network infrastructure, with open APIs and a digital inventory of the physical network layer. It serves fiber network operators, owners, and Communications Service Providers.
Also known as NBT Solutions · NBT Solutions LLC · VETRO · VETRO FiberMap · VETRO Inc.
Founders & leadership
Board
Investors · 6
Also in the syndicate · 5
Reported raises · per SEC filings
Form D private placements$17.4M disclosed across 3 of 5 rounds · 2017–2023
▶$7MraisedMar 2023 · 5 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- William S. MitchellExecutive Officer, Director
- Joshua BroderDirector
- G. Corson Ellis IIIDirector
- Chris RhodesDirector
- Offering amount
- $7M
- Amount sold
- $7M
- First sale
- Mar 2023
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2020
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$8.2MraisedJun 2021 · 13 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Michaela GoodwinExecutive Officer
- William S MitchellExecutive Officer, Director
- G Corson EllisDirector
- Joshua BroderDirector
- Frank GovernaliDirector
- Sean MyersExecutive Officer, Director
- Chris RhodesDirector
- Offering amount
- $8.2M
- Amount sold
- $8.2M
- First sale
- May 2021
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2020
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$2.1MraisedJun 2020 · 22 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Sean MyersExecutive Officer, Director
- William S MitchellExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
- Joshua BroderDirector
- G Corson EllisDirector
- Frank GovernaliDirector
- Michaela GoodwinExecutive Officer
- Offering amount
- $3.7M
- Amount sold
- $2.1M
- First sale
- Apr 2020
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2020
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
Company profile
researched Aug 2026VETRO, Inc. (VETRO FiberMap) is a Portland, Maine software company that develops a cloud-native geographic information system (GIS) platform for fiber network mapping and fiber asset management. The core product, VETRO FiberMap, provides a managed digital inventory of the physical network layer — including fiber strands, splices and circuits — intended to replace standalone GIS mapping tools, Google Earth and spreadsheets with a single system of record for network assets. The platform is built on an open technology stack with an open API architecture that supports integration with adjacent systems such as BSS/OSS, automated design and construction management tools.
The product line as presented on the company website extends beyond FiberMap to VETRO Mobile, which gives field crews real-time access with an offline mode and change management for field-to-office data flow; VETRO Z-Manager, which publishes real-time network plans to stakeholders and collects pre-registrations to support demand generation and marketing targeting; and AddressBook, which centralizes address data for service-availability verification, multi-dwelling unit management and consistency from sales through billing. Stated use cases span network design and build-out, cost and revenue scenario modeling, bid and grant proposal development, service-gap identification and design error validation prior to construction.
The product originated at NBT Solutions, LLC, a mapping software development company founded in 2008 as a "Spatial IT" firm serving wireline and wireless telecommunications customers, which built VETRO FiberMap in house using open-source geospatial tools and libraries.
Founding story
Co-founders Will Mitchell (CEO) and Sean Myers (COO), both holding advanced GIS degrees and more than 20 years of experience delivering GIS solutions, founded NBT Solutions in 2008 as a spatial IT and telecommunications mapping software company. They identified demand for modern cloud-based mapping systems for fiber network planning, design, inventory and management in a fragmented broadband market, particularly among small and mid-sized ISPs, rural telcos and community broadband builders, and developed VETRO FiberMap to address it.
Business model
Software-as-a-Service. VETRO delivers a map-based, cloud-hosted GIS and fiber management platform to network operators, complemented by services such as training and network design support (for example, in the early stages of the California middle-mile project) and by partner and channel relationships across OSS/BSS, construction management and ERP ecosystems.
Subscription-based SaaS platform sold to broadband providers and network owners, with multiple product modules (VETRO FiberMap, VETRO Mobile, VETRO Z-Manager, AddressBook).
Traction
The company reported customers across the United States and in three countries at the time of its 2017 seed round, and roughly $1M in trailing-twelve-month revenue with 29 employees on a startup profile page. It was selected as system of record for California's state-run 10,000-mile middle-mile fiber network in 2023 and ranked on the Inc. 5000 list for a fourth consecutive year in 2026, placing in the top half of the 2026 list. FirstLight Networks selected VETRO for infrastructure management in 2026.
Latest developments
In 2026 VETRO announced a strategic partnership with Mytra Consulting (July 2026), continued expansion of its channel and ecosystem partnerships across OSS/BSS, construction management and ERP (May 2026), was selected by FirstLight Networks as a strategic partner for infrastructure management (August 2026), and ranked on the Inc. 5000 list for the fourth consecutive year (August 2026).
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history
Market position
Positioned as a cloud-native, ease-of-use-oriented alternative to traditional GIS mapping tools and spreadsheets in fiber management, described in company materials as a SaaS-based GIS fiber management platform and, in later releases, as a network inventory management and orchestration platform. VETRO was selected as system of record for California's 10,000-mile middle-mile network, described as the nation's largest such project, and has appeared on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private U.S. companies for four consecutive years through 2026.
Emphasis on ease of use in a technically complex domain, cloud-native delivery, and an open API architecture that allows the network map to be integrated with other operational systems, in contrast to traditional standalone GIS tools and spreadsheet-based inventories. The platform is built entirely in house on open-source geospatial components, which the company associates with greater flexibility and lower cost.
Technology
Cloud-delivered GIS platform built on an open technology stack and open-source geospatial tools and libraries developed in house. It models the physical layer of the network — fiber strands, splicing and circuits — as a structured digital inventory, and exposes open APIs for integration with BSS/OSS, auto-design and construction management systems. A mobile application provides field data capture with an offline mode.
Go-to-market
Direct sales with demo requests through the company website, supported by content and thought-leadership activity including a newsletter and the Broadband Bunch podcast hosted by an SVP of Strategy. The company has increasingly expanded through channel and ecosystem partnerships spanning OSS/BSS, construction management and ERP vendors, including announced partnerships with Mytra Consulting and FirstLight Networks, and its product is listed among clients/partners by broadband software vendor COS Systems.
Fiber network owners, operators and internet service providers, including small and mid-sized ISPs, rural telcos, community and municipal broadband builders, telco engineers, middle-mile and state-run broadband programs, and communications service providers.
Geography
Headquartered in Portland, Maine, United States, with customers across the U.S. and in three countries as of 2017 and stated ambitions for global go-to-market expansion; deployments cited include California and the Northeast/mid-Atlantic (FirstLight Networks, Albany, N.Y.).
History
NBT Solutions, founded in 2008, developed VETRO FiberMap as its fiber mapping platform and closed a seed equity round in June 2017 led by the Maine Venture Fund and CEI Ventures, with support from the Bangor Angels and Maine Angels, planning to double headcount over the following three years. Corson Ellis (board chair) and Joshua Broder joined the board in 2017. The business subsequently operated as VETRO, Inc., raising $12M led by Resolve Growth Partners in June 2021 and a $7M growth capital round in March 2023 led by Resolve Growth Partners and the Maine Venture Fund. In 2023 VETRO was selected as the system of record for California's middle-mile broadband network, and in 2026 it announced partnerships with Mytra Consulting and FirstLight Networks and an expanded channel and ecosystem program.
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
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Competitors · 1
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Timeline · 8
launches, deals, and filingsFirstLight Networks, a Northeast and mid-Atlantic provider of fiber-optic bandwidth, unified communications and colocation services, announced it had selected VETRO as a strategic partner for next-generation infrastructure management.
VETRO, Inc. ranked in the top half of the 2026 Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies in America, its fourth consecutive appearance.
VETRO and Mytra Consulting announced a strategic partnership aimed at helping broadband providers, utilities and infrastructure operators improve network planning and deployment.
VETRO announced continued investment in partnerships spanning OSS/BSS, construction management and ERP vendors as part of channel and ecosystem growth.
VETRO was selected as the system of record for California's state-run 10,000-mile middle-mile fiber network, described as the nation's largest broadband network project. The state had already begun using VETRO's services for initial project stages including training and network design.
VETRO secured a $7 million growth capital investment led by existing investors Resolve Growth Partners and Maine Venture Fund, to fund global expansion and product innovation for its open fiber management platform.
$7M source ↗
VETRO announced a $12M raise led by Resolve Growth Partners with additional investment from York IE and others, to fund product expansion and hiring.
$12M source ↗
NBT Solutions, the developer of VETRO FiberMap, announced the close of a seed equity round led by the Maine Venture Fund and CEI Ventures, Inc., with major support from the Bangor Angels and Maine Angels. CEI's Coastal Ventures IV LP invested $350,000. Capital was earmarked for expanded development and global go-to-market activity, with plans to double employment over three years.
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Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
Legal entities · 1
corporate structure▸Research sources · 8
primary sources listed
- Vetrofibermapvetrofibermap.com · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Vetrofibermap do?
- VETRO builds a cloud-native, map-based GIS platform for planning, designing, building and operating fiber optic networks.
- Who are Vetrofibermap's investors?
- Vetrofibermap's investors include CEI Ventures.
- How much funding has Vetrofibermap raised?
- Vetrofibermap has disclosed $17.4M raised across 3 of its 5 known rounds.
- Where is Vetrofibermap headquartered?
- Vetrofibermap is headquartered in Portland, US.