Chetan Puttagunta

At-a-Glance

Serves as a General Partner at Benchmark since 2018, investing in software companies at the seed and Series A stages.
Holds the position of Chairman and Board Member at Elastic since 2014.
Served on the board of MongoDB from May 2012 to January 2020, which went public (NASDAQ: MDB).
Served on the board of MuleSoft from April 2013 to December 2019, which was acquired by Salesforce for $6.5B.
Invested in and served on the board of Acquia, acquired by Vista for $1B.
Holds a BS in Electrical Engineering.

Biography

Chetan Puttagunta is a General Partner at Benchmark, a venture capital firm, where he has been investing in software companies at the seed and Series A stages since 2018. His current portfolio includes companies such as LangChain, Airbyte, Cursor, Reducto, Levelpath, Numeral, Duffel, Modern Treasury, Stytch, MindsDB, and Bezi. He also serves as Chairman and Board Member at Elastic since 2014.