About Vertrage

We founded Vertrage because we believe the world needs more efficient projects, and the people who own and build those projects need better tools to manage them. The stakes are high: Energy, utilities, datacenters, hospitals, airports. The infrastructure supporting modern life.

These projects are constantly beset by delays and cost overages. Change orders pile up. Executives rush through reviews or delay them for weeks. Money slips through the cracks, schedules drag on, and costs are passed to consumers. We believe there's a better way.

Vertrage exists for everyone who signs a capital project contract: the owners who fund the work and the contractors and suppliers who deliver it. Every dispute is money spent arguing instead of building. When each party understands its contract, fewer projects end in dispute, and more of the budget goes into the ground.

What We Value

  • Solving Valuable Problems

    We focus on the problems where getting the details right changes the financial outcome of a project.

  • Speed to Deliver

    Capital projects can't wait on slow software. We build working tools fast and put real value in their hands in weeks.

  • Security from Experience

    Our team has deployed software inside some of the largest industrial enterprises in the world. We hold our products to the security and reliability those environments demand.

Our Team

Colin Harman

Colin Harman

Co-Founder & CEO

Obsessed with solving boring and unglamorous problems, Colin's goal is to strengthen the steel-and-concrete foundation of our society. He is an experienced software executive and has deployed software and AI solutions for major energy and manufacturing companies.

Plus a dedicated group of engineers, project controls specialists, and advisors.

Partners and Affiliations

Michigan Founder Forward

An accelerator supporting Michigan founders building ambitious, high-growth companies.

Open Power AI Consortium

An EPRI-led consortium advancing open AI models and datasets for the power industry.

Security

CyberVadis Gold medal, 2026

CyberVadis Gold|936/1000|Mature

Independent, evidence-based assessment of our cybersecurity.

Assessed August 11, 2026·Valid until August 10, 2027

View the certificate (PDF)
Founded
2025
Headquarters
Detroit, Michigan

Questions? We'd love to hear from you.

Get in touch