Overture Networks is a Research Triangle Park–based company that builds Carrier Ethernet hardware and Ensemble Open Service Architecture (OSA) software for metro-edge network operators. Its platforms allow high-capacity Ethernet services to run over fiber, copper, and TDM while bringing cloud, SDN, and NFV capabilities to the access layer. The firm’s Ensemble OSA is touted as the industry’s first open architecture for software-defined services at the metro edge, aimed at boosting operational efficiency and enabling new revenue streams for carriers. Overture products are currently deployed by five of the top seven global Carrier Ethernet service providers and eight of the top ten U.S. providers, underscoring significant market penetration. The company is expanding engineering capacity with new development centers in Westford, Massachusetts and Bangalore, India to speed product delivery. Newly raised capital is being funneled into software, hardware, and service development to maintain its innovation lead.

Total raised

$25M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Equity

Latest activity

May 2013