Chef

formerly Chef SoftwareAcquired

Chef is a developer tools company in Seattle, United States, founded in 2008. It has raised $135.0M across 7 rounds, most recently a $40.0M Series E in September 2015.

DevOps Automation & Infrastructure Management Software

Employees
201–500
Founded
2008
Business Model
B2B
Website
chef.io
Total Funding
$135.0M
Last Round
$40.0M Series ESep 2015
Rounds
7
Acquired by
Progress SoftwareSep 2020 · $220.0M

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

Indexed holds 7 funding rounds and 9 investors for this company. The full record is or through the API.

About

Chef, now part of Progress, provides enterprise DevOps and infrastructure automation that combines AIOps and ClickOps with Policy-as-Code. Its Chef 360 Platform unifies infrastructure management, compliance, job orchestration, node management, application delivery, and cloud security so teams can configure systems consistently at scale. Chef is available as SaaS, on-premises, and through cloud marketplaces including AWS and Azure, and is used by enterprises such as IBM and Meta to automate build-and-converge workflows and keep infrastructure compliant.

Summary

It lists 201–500 employees. It has raised $135.0M in total across 7 rounds, most recently a $40.0M Series E round in Sep 2015. Investors include Battery Ventures, Scale Venture Partners and Progress Software.

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Funding & Exit History

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AcquisitionSep 2020

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Funding: Series A through Series E. Amounts, valuations, and investors where available.

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