Chetan Puttagunta
InvestorGeneral Partner at New Enterprise Associates (NEA) · Board director at Canopy Tax · Board director at Heap · Board director at Reltio
San Francisco, CA
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About
Chetan Puttagunta is an American venture capital investor and General Partner at Benchmark. Born in Hyderabad, India, to chemist parents who emigrated to the United States, he grew up in Maryland and earned a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 2007. He began his career in investment banking, working in technology M&A at Houlihan Lokey and at H.I.G. Capital's San Francisco office, before joining New Enterprise Associates (NEA) in 2011, where he was promoted to General Partner in 2016. At NEA he backed enterprise and open-source companies including MuleSoft, MongoDB, and Elastic, serving on the boards of all three; MongoDB and MuleSoft went public in 2017, and Salesforce acquired MuleSoft in 2018. He moved to Benchmark as a General Partner in July 2018 at age 32. His portfolio has since included companies such as Modern Treasury, Legora, Airbyte, LangChain, Starcloud, fomo, and Duffel, and he chairs the board of Elastic. He has appeared on the Forbes Midas List for seven consecutive years.
Beyond investing
- Education
- Studied at Stanford University (bachelor's degree, Electrical Engineering, 2007) Studied at Quince Orchard High School
- Family
- Puttagunta was born in Hyderabad, India, to chemist parents who emigrated to the United States.
From published sources — common ground for a warm intro.
Board director at Canopy Tax
Intro paths
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Canopy Tax's investors · 7
Co-founders at Canopy Tax
Board director at HeapYC W13
Intro paths
Chetan went through Y Combinator (Winter 2013) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Heap's investors · 11
Co-founders at Heap
Board director at Reltio
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Reltio's investors · 10
Co-founders at Reltio
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AcquiaCursorManus
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Colleagues at New Enterprise Associates (NEA)
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Chetan Puttagunta?
- Chetan Puttagunta is an American venture capital investor and General Partner at Benchmark. Born in Hyderabad, India, to chemist parents who emigrated to the United States, he grew up in Maryland and earned a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 2007. He began his career in investment banking, working in technology M&A at Houlihan Lokey and at H.I.G. Capital's San Francisco office, before joining New Enterprise Associates (NEA) in 2011, where he was promoted to General Partner in 2016. At NEA he backed enterprise and open-source companies including MuleSoft, MongoDB, and Elastic, serving on the boards of all three; MongoDB and MuleSoft went public in 2017, and Salesforce acquired MuleSoft in 2018. He moved to Benchmark as a General Partner in July 2018 at age 32. His portfolio has since included companies such as Modern Treasury, Legora, Airbyte, LangChain, Starcloud, fomo, and Duffel, and he chairs the board of Elastic. He has appeared on the Forbes Midas List for seven consecutive years.
- Where does Chetan Puttagunta work?
- Chetan Puttagunta is General Partner at New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and Board director at Canopy Tax and Board director at Heap and Board director at Reltio.
- What boards does Chetan Puttagunta sit on?
- Chetan Puttagunta holds tracked board seats at Airbyte, Duffel, Elastic, fomo, LangChain, Legora, Modern Treasury, MongoDB, MuleSoft, Starcloud.
- What companies has Chetan Puttagunta invested in?
- Investments tracked here include Acquia, Cursor, Manus.