Tuesday, January 27, 2015

CHEF's Hale Returns To DFJ As EIR

Bryan Hale, one of the first employees of CHEF, the IT automation software startup once known as Opscode, has returned to investment firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson as an Executive-in-Residence. Hale--who resides in Seattle--had been part of DFJ's investment team, before the firm invested in Opscode in 2009. DFJ said that Hale will both identify and support companies in the Pacific Northwest and the Bay Area, but plan to eventually join a company as a "near founder" or on his own startup. Hale had been involved in DFJ's initial diligence on CHEF and with the firm's initial investment back in 2009.