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Cisco, Google Ventures and VMware Back Puppet Labs with $8.5 Million (readwriteweb)
Puppet Labs announced today that it is receiving $8.5 million in Series C
financing from Google Ventures, Cisco and VMware. The new round of financing
brings Puppet Labs up to $15.75 million, which begs the question – what does
the IT automation company need with that kind of dosh?
Luke Kanies, CEO of Puppet Labs, says that the money is going into
development, marketing and sales. Kanies says that the company is looking to
grow faster than “organic growth” would carry the company.
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But, Kanies says that the company originally didn’t set out to raise quite as
much as they did in this round. According to Kanies, the company happened to
find three investors that “get the disruptive trend” of IT automation. VMware
and Cisco are using Puppet in their own environments, and seeing customers
using Puppet as well.
Google is also using Puppet, but it’s important to understand that Google
Ventures is strictly a financial investment arm, not a strategic one. Google
Ventures partner Karim Faris says that they look to invest in businesses that
are “irrelevant or strategic” as long as they look like a good investment.
“They may be strategic [to Google] and …
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