Chetan Puttagunta is a venture capital investor at Benchmark who specializes in enterprise and developer tools, having led early investments in companies like Elastic, MongoDB, and Modern Treasury while serving as an early champion of open source business models before they became mainstream. He moved from New Enterprise Associates to bring large-platform enterprise expertise into Benchmark's focused early-stage partnership model, and is recognized for his hands-on board leadership at scaled public companies like Elastic, where he serves as chairperson. Chetan Puttagunta is a venture capital investor at Benchmark who specializes in enterprise and developer tools, having led early investments in companies like Elastic, MongoDB, and Modern Treasury while serving as an early champion of open source business models before they became mainstream. He moved from New Enterprise Associates to bring large-platform enterprise expertise into Benchmark's focused early-stage partnership model, and is recognized for his hands-on board leadership at scaled public companies like Elastic, where he serves as chairperson.