Optelian - About the company
Optelian is an acqui-hired company based in Ottawa (Canada), founded in 2002 by Dave Weymouth. It operates as an Optical transport network equipment provider. The company has 1125 active competitors, including 74 funded and 201 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Cisco, Rapid7 and Calix.
Company Details
Optelian designs, manufacture, and sell optical transport network equipment to network operators, service providers, data center operators, and enterprises. Its solutions include optical transport platform (for modular and scalable networks), 100G muxponder/transponder, pluggable transceivers, DWDM multiplexers, PON (passive optical network), and network/element management platform (FLEXManager).
- Website
- optelian.com
- Email ID
- *****@optelian.com
- Phone Number
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Key Metrics
Founded Year
2002
Location
Ottawa, Canada
Stage
Acqui-Hired
Ranked
734th among 1125 active competitors
Employee Count
10 - 49 as on Mar 01, 2026
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Optelian's funding and investors
Optelian has not raised any funding rounds yet.
Optelian's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Optelian is Dave Weymouth.
Here are the details of Optelian's key team members:
- Dave Weymouth: Co-Founder & CEO of Optelian.
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Optelian's employee count trend
Optelian has 10 - 49 employees as of Mar 26. Here is Optelian's employee count trend over the years:
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Optelian's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Optelian include Cisco, Rapid7 and Calix. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Optelian, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st | Cisco 1984, San Jose (United States), Public | Provider of AI infrastructure, secure networking, and software solutions | $2.5M | 84/100 | |
2nd | Rapid7 2000, Boston (United States), Public | Provider of cybersecurity solutions for exposure management, threat intelligence, and response | $92.3M | 79/100 | |
3rd | Calix 1999, Petaluma (United States), Public | Provider of communication equipment | $108M | 75/100 | |
4th | Sophos 1985, Abingdon (United Kingdom), Acquired | Provider of enterprise security suite for network and endpoint security | $4.61M | 75/100 | |
5th | Bitdefender 2001, Bucharest (Romania), Series B | Provider of cybersecurity software, threat intelligence, and managed security services | $7M | 75/100 | |
6th | Barracuda 2003, Campbell (United States), Acquired | Cloud based network firewall solution for enterprise web and email | $176M | 74/100 | |
7th | Imperva 2002, Redwood City (United States), Acquired | Provider of application and data security solutions for threat protection | $54M | 73/100 | |
8th | Ciena 1992, Hanover (United States), Public | Provider of networking systems, automation software, components, and related services | - | 72/100 | |
9th | Enterprise SD WAN network management solutions provider | - | 72/100 | ||
10th | Mavenir 2005, Richardson (United States), Acquired | Developer of cloud native software for mobile network operator infrastructure | $105M | 72/100 | |
734th | Optical transport network equipment provider | - | - | 20/100 |
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Optelian's Investments and acquisitions
Optelian has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
Reports related to Optelian
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News related to Optelian
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Kanata optical networking technology provider Optelian acquired by Texas firmOttawa Business Journal•Jan 22, 2021•Optelian, DZS
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Optelian MPX-9103 Muxponder earns NEBS Level 3, GR-3108 certificationLightwave Online•Feb 14, 2019•Optelian
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Optelian Introduces 100G Hardened Muxponder Optimized for 5G Upgrades, Remote Business Services Access and Fiber Deep ArchitecturesBusiness Wire•Apr 17, 2018•Optelian
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