Puttagunta has been at Benchmark for the past five years. Prior to that, he was a general partner at NEA for seven years.Noteworthy exits include API platform MuleSoft, acquired for $6.5 billion by Salesforce in 2018; cloud company Acquia, purchased for $1 billion in 2019; and Elastic, which IPO'ed in 2018.He has also invested in data integration platform Airbyte and fintech firm Modern Treasury.The early-stage investor sits on the boards of Elastic, Modern Treasury, Duffel and Stytch.In February 2023, Puttagunta led a $16.5 million round into MindsDB, a startup that helps developers build AI applications.