Puppet (now Perforce Puppet) is an IT infrastructure automation and configuration management company that pioneered infrastructure-as-code. Its open-source and commercial platforms (Puppet Enterprise, Puppet Comply, Continuous Delivery for Puppet Enterprise) help enterprises automate provisioning, configuration, compliance, and management of servers and cloud infrastructure at scale. Founded by Luke Kanies in 2005, Puppet was acquired by Perforce Software in 2022 and operates as a business unit within Perforce.
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Company data and valuation marks are estimates and may be incomplete, stale, erroneous, or revised.
Founded
2005
Employees
501–1,000
Total Funding
$114M
5 rounds
Total raised $114M across 5 rounds
Funding data and valuation marks are estimates and may be incomplete, stale, erroneous, or revised.
Last updated 06-25-2026
Latest Round
Type
Venture debt
Date
July 2020
Amount
$40M
Valuation
—
Lead Investors
| Date | Round | Amount Raised | Valuation | Lead Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2020 | Venture debt | $40M | — | Not disclosed |
| 2018 | Series E (Cisco-led) | $42M | — | Cisco Investments |
| 2013 | Series C (with VMware strategic) | $30M | — | VMware |
Luke Kanies
Founder (former CEO)
Yvonne Wassenaar
Former CEO (2019-2022)
Mark Ties
CEO, Perforce Software (parent)
Competitor list is illustrative and may be incomplete, stale, or erroneous.
Red Hat Ansible
Agentless, YAML-based IT automation and configuration management platform owned by Red Hat/IBM; major competitor in DevOps automation.
Chef (Progress)
Ruby-DSL-based configuration management platform; acquired by Progress Software in 2020 and offered as Chef Enterprise Automation Stack.
SaltStack (VMware Aria Automation)
Python/YAML-based configuration management and orchestration platform acquired by VMware in 2020; now part of VMware Aria Automation.
HashiCorp Terraform
Infrastructure-as-code provisioning tool from HashiCorp (acquired by IBM); commonly used alongside or in place of Puppet for cloud infrastructure automation.
Microsoft Azure Automation / DSC
Microsoft's native configuration and automation services (PowerShell DSC, Azure Automation) competing for Windows-centric infrastructure automation workloads.
AWS Systems Manager / OpsWorks
Amazon Web Services' native configuration and operations management offerings, providing managed configuration capabilities competing with Puppet on AWS.
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