Chetan Puttagunta
American venture capitalist
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Chetan Puttagunta (born May 14, 1986) is an American venture capital investor and General Partner at Benchmark, a venture capital firm.[1][2]
Chetan Puttagunta | |
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Puttagunta in 2025 | |
| Born | May 14, 1986 |
| Alma mater | Stanford University |
| Occupation | venture capitalist |
| Employer | General Partner at Benchmark |
He was named to Forbes Magazine's 30 under 30 in venture capital in 2015[3] and has been featured on The Forbes Midas List, a ranking of the world's top venture capital investors, for the last six consecutive years.[4][5]
Early life and education
Puttagunta was born in Hyderabad, India, to chemist parents who emigrated to the United States. He attended Quince Orchard High School in Maryland.[6] Puttagunta received his bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 2007.[7]
Career
Following graduation, Puttagunta worked as an investment banker in technology M&A at Houlihan Lokey and with H.I.G. Capital's San Francisco office.[6]
In 2011, he joined New Enterprise Associates (NEA), a venture capital firm investing in technology and healthcare companies.[8][9] His notable investments at NEA include MuleSoft, MongoDB and Elastic, all of which he served on board of.[9][10] In 2017, MongoDB and MuleSoft completed their initial public offerings, and in 2018, Salesforce acquired MuleSoft for approximately $6.8 billion. At the time of the acquisition, (NEA) was the company’s largest shareholder.[9] In July 2018, he joined Benchmark as a General Partner at age 32.[1][11]
Puttagunta currently serves on the boards of Elastic, where he is chairman,[12] Modern Treasury, Legora, Airbyte, LangChain, Starcloud, fomo, Duffel, and others.[13] He previously served on the boards of Manus (acquired by Meta), Acquia (acquired by Vista Equity) and Scout (acquired by Workday).[8][14]
Personal life
Puttagunta lives in San Francisco, CA. [15]