Where does Punit Chiniwalla work?

Punit Chiniwalla is Venture Partner at Greenhouse Capital Partners.

Where did Punit Chiniwalla go to school?

Punit Chiniwalla studied at University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business (MBA, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Strategy); Georgia Institute of Technology (Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Polymers/Semiconductors/Microelectronics Packaging); Carnegie Mellon University (B.S., Chemical Engineering).

Punit Chiniwalla

Investor

Venture Partner at Greenhouse Capital Partners · Investor at Founders Circle Capital

United States

Kauffman Fellow · Class 13

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About

Venture investor with 25+ years in VC, corporate innovation and technology, leading investments for Hewlett Packard Pathfinder in AI, enterprise, devops and cloud. Previously at AWS corporate development, Singtel Innov8 Ventures and Panorama Capital. Holds engineering degrees from Carnegie Mellon and Georgia Tech and an MBA from University of Michigan.

Experience

Founders Circle CapitalPortfolio Co-Managercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
MFV PartnersVenture Partnercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
GHC PartnersVenture Partnercurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
Kauffman Fellows ProgramSociety Member, Kauffman Fellow Class 13, Mentor Class 24 and 29current2008 — present
Various Funds and Corporations.Venture Partner, LP, Advisorcurrent2014 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
Hewlett Packard EnterpriseSenior Managing Director, Pathfinder Ventures, Head of Investments2023 — 2025San Francisco
AmazonDirector Corporate Development, AWS2020 — 2022
Singtel Innov8 VenturesManaging Director2011 — 2020San Francisco, California
Panorama CapitalAssociate/Kauffman Fellow2008 — 2011Menlo Park, CA
Frankel Commercialization FundFrankel Fellow2006 — 2008
RPM VenturesSummer Associate2007
Chemtura CorporationMAP Strategic Consultant2007
IBM ResearchResearch Staff Member2001 — 2005

Skills & more

Venture Capital68Due Diligence30Investments14Entrepreneurship13Start-ups76MergersCorporate Development9Strategic Partnerships27Private Equity11Business Strategy23Financial Analysis1Consulting10

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Colleagues at Greenhouse Capital Partners

Antonio Canamas

Senior Associate at Greenhouse Capital Partners

Eric Desai

Investor at Greenhouse Capital Partners

Fredrik Östbye

European Venture Partner at Greenhouse Capital Partners

Larry Kubal

Senior Venture Partner at Greenhouse Capital Partners

Pete Henig

Managing Partner at Greenhouse Capital Partners

Frequently asked questions

Who is Punit Chiniwalla?: Venture investor with 25+ years in VC, corporate innovation and technology, leading investments for Hewlett Packard Pathfinder in AI, enterprise, devops and cloud. Previously at AWS corporate development, Singtel Innov8 Ventures and Panorama Capital. Holds engineering degrees from Carnegie Mellon and Georgia Tech and an MBA from University of Michigan.
Where does Punit Chiniwalla work?: Punit Chiniwalla is Venture Partner at Greenhouse Capital Partners.
Where did Punit Chiniwalla go to school?: Punit Chiniwalla studied at University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business (MBA, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Strategy); Georgia Institute of Technology (Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Polymers/Semiconductors/Microelectronics Packaging); Carnegie Mellon University (B.S., Chemical Engineering).

Same school

Also attended University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business537

Alexandra FarmerPrincipal at Intel Capital, North America Tige SavageCo-founder at Revolution Wendy XiaoPartner at Northzone Rob LawrenceSenior Finance Associate at Greycroft Hyun KooPartner at March Capital Partners Richard GuVice President at March Capital Partners

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Also attended Georgia Institute of Technology702

Brando De CourtenData Engineer at P101 Ventures Tom DyalCo-Founder at Redpoint Ventures Wouter Van de PutteInvestment Director at Capricorn Venture Partners Will McGinnisEntrepreneur and data science executive working at the intersection of AI/ML, technology, and business strategy Jaya GuptaInvestor at Foundation Capital James WangGeneral Partner at Creative Ventures

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Also attended Carnegie Mellon University728

Kai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AI Lucy GuoCo-founder of Scale AI; founder & CEO of Passes Guillaume LampleCo-founder & Chief Scientist of Mistral AI Joshua XuCo-founder & CEO of HeyGen Javier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis Ventures Avi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel Capital

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Shared employers

Also worked at Kauffman Fellows Program536

Jenny LeeSenior Managing Partner at Granite Asia Roi Bar-KatManaging Director at Intel Capital Avi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel Capital Nick WashburnSenior Managing Director, Intel Capital (North America)Justin HallPartner at Golden Gate Ventures Michael LintsFounding Partner, MENA at Golden Gate Ventures

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Also worked at Hewlett Packard Enterprise628

Ben HorowitzCo-founder & General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz Bill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at Benchmark Steve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future Ventures Ana AndreescuInvestor at Index Ventures Zhenyu TangInvestment Director at Intel Capital AyshaAdvisor at Clear Ventures

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Also worked at Amazon1,091

Apoorva MehtaFounder of Instacart; founder of Cloud Health Systems Binny BansalCo-founder of Flipkart; co-founder of PhonePe and OppDoor Brad PorterFounder & CEO of Collaborative Robotics Jane MooneyCo-founder & VP, Strategy and Finance at Collaborative Robotics Nick FrosstCo-founder of Cohere Viswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista Capital

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Also worked at RPM Ventures3

Marc WeiserManaging Director at Rpm Ventures Iii Management, L.L.C.Adam BoydenManaging Director at Rpm Ventures Iii Management, L.L.C.Brad LichotaPrincipal at Rpm Ventures Iii Management, L.L.C.