Chef, a US-based IT infrastructure company backed by financial services provider Citi, has secured $32m for the first tranche of its series E round, according to the Puget Sound Business Journal.
Jay Wampold, Chef’s vice president of marketing, confirmed the funding, first disclosed in a report by accounting firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers, and which was provided by investors including venture capital firm Battery Ventures.
The company has not revealed the amount at which it plans to close the series E round, which it expects to be completed later this year.
Founded in 2008, the company was originally incorporated as Opscode but later changed its name to the same as its lead product, Chef. It provides automation software to operate servers, data centres, cloud-based applications and desktop computers.
Chef has now raised $97, including $32m in a 2013 series D round backed by Citi Ventures, Citi’s corporate venturing subsidiary, Battery Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Ignition Partners and Amplify Partners.