Chetan Puttagunta

Chetan Puttagunta joined Benchmark in 2018, after spending seven years as a general partner at NEA, where he focused on enterprise software. His investments at NEA included MuleSoft, Elastic, MongoDB, Acquia, Reltio, Placester, Heap, Sentry, Swiftype, Forter, ScoutRFP, Canopy, and Folloze. He was previously involved with Gaikai (acquired by Sony). Prior to NEA, Puttagunta was an investor with H.I.G. Capital's Leveraged Buyout Group and a technology investment banker with Houlihan Lokey. He holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.