Chetan Puttagunta
InvestorFounderGeneral Partner at Benchmark · Board director at Numeral · Board director at Bezi · Former director representing NEA; later Benchmark general partner at SiteTraker
San Francisco Bay Area
Writes $1M – $15M checks · typically $8M
FoundedBeziLogik SystemsNumeral · YCSiteTraker
Midas 2026 · #89Midas 2025 · #68Midas 2024 · #74Midas 2023 · #64Midas 2022 · #77Midas 2021 · #82Midas 2020 · #8230 Under 30 2017 · All Star Alumni
About
Chetan Puttagunta is a venture investor specializing in enterprise and developer tools, an early open-source business-model champion who led early bets on Elastic, MongoDB, Modern Treasury and chairs Elastic’s board.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSocial
Beyond investing
- Education
- BS Electrical Engineering, Stanford
From Chetan's own website — common ground for a warm intro.
Board director at NumeralYC W23
Intro paths
Chetan went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Gustaf Alstromer — the partner who ran Numeral's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Chetan can intro founders to Numeral's investors below.
Numeral's investors · 6
Co-founders at Numeral
Board director at Bezi
Intro paths
In turn, Chetan can intro founders to Bezi's investors below.
Bezi's investors · 22
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Co-founders at Bezi
Former director representing NEA; later Benchmark general partner at SiteTraker
Intro paths
In turn, Chetan can intro founders to SiteTraker's investors below.
SiteTraker's investors · 9
Co-founders at SiteTraker
Experience
- BenchmarkGeneral Partnercurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- ElasticChairman and Board Membercurrent2014 — presentMountain View, California
- Manus AIBoard Member2025Singapore, Singapore
- NuvoloInvestor/ Board2015 — 2023Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States
- MongoDBInvestor/ Board2012 — 2020New York, New York
- Scout RFPInvestor/ Board2015 — 2019San Francisco
- AcquiaInvestor/ Board2014 — 2019Greater Boston
- MuleSoftInvestor/ Board2013 — 2018San Francisco, California
- New Enterprise Associates (NEA)General Partner2011 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
Education
- Stanford UniversityBS, Electrical Engineering2003 — 2007
Deals · 3
Logik SystemsBoard seat
via Benchmark · filed Feb 2018 · $25M raise
Elasticsearch GlobalBoard seat
via Benchmark · filed Nov 2017
SiteTrakerBoard seat
via Benchmark · filed Jul 2017 · $11M raise
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.
Colleagues at Benchmark
Network10
Investors connected to Chetan in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Chetan Puttagunta work?
- Chetan Puttagunta is General Partner at Benchmark and Founder at Numeral and Founder at Bezi and Former director representing NEA; later Benchmark general partner at SiteTraker.
- What does Chetan Puttagunta invest in?
- Chetan Puttagunta invests in AI & Machine Learning, Data & Infrastructure, Developer Tools, Enterprise Software, Social.
- What check size does Chetan Puttagunta write?
- Chetan Puttagunta typically writes checks of $1M – $15M.
- What companies did Chetan Puttagunta found?
- Chetan Puttagunta founded Bezi, Logik Systems, Numeral, SiteTraker.
Same school
Also attended Stanford University2,000
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Shared employers
Also worked at Nuvolo4
Also worked at Scout RFP2
Also worked at Acquia10
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Also worked at MuleSoft22
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