Chainguard, a leader in trusted open-source software solutions, has secured $280 million in growth financing from General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund (CVF).
This latest investment follows Chainguard’s Series D funding round in April, bringing its total funding to $892 million. The company has raised $636 million in just six months, reflecting strong investor confidence in its mission to make open-source software “trustworthy by default.”
Headquartered in the United States, Chainguard provides secure, hardened, and production-ready builds of open-source software used by developers worldwide. Its offerings enable organisations to mitigate the rising risks within software supply chains — a critical concern as open-source components now comprise nearly 90% of enterprise application code.
The newly raised capital will support expansion of go-to-market operations and acceleration of product and engineering innovation. Chainguard also plans to strengthen its financial resilience and operational scale, while maintaining its long-term value creation strategy. Notably, the CVF funding structure allows the company to invest in strategic growth without diluting equity.
“This growth capital reflects the strength of Chainguard’s business and how we’re scaling rapidly, operating with discipline, and planning for the long term,” said Eyal Bar, Chief Financial Officer at Chainguard. “Our partnership with General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund is an important part of that strategy—it enables us to expand go-to-market efforts without diluting ownership or slowing innovation.”
In recent months, Chainguard has achieved several milestones, including the launch of Chainguard Libraries for JavaScript, Java, and Python, and the release of Chainguard VMs for secure cloud-native deployments. The company has also surpassed 1,700 zero-CVE images in its Containers catalogue and is now listed on major cloud marketplaces such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.
Recognised for its rapid growth and workplace excellence, Chainguard was recently featured in the Forbes Cloud 100 and named among Fortune’s Best Workplaces in Technology, underscoring its position as a leading innovator in secure software infrastructure.
