Robert Chatwani
About Robert Chatwani
Robert Chatwani is President and General Manager, Growth at Docusign, based in San Francisco. He leads Docusign's Marketing & Growth organization, including product-led growth, growth product and engineering teams, data analytics and the marketing functions of a Chief Marketing Officer.
Before Docusign he was CMO of Atlassian, where he led global teams across marketing, brand, communications and data science. Before that he was Chief Revenue & Marketing Officer at the social e-commerce platform Spring. He spent more than a decade at eBay and ended there as CMO for North America. He has also said he started his own company earlier in his career, after a consulting background.
He holds a bachelor's degree in economics and marketing from DePaul University and an MBA from UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business. He sits on the American Heart Association Bay Area board and is a West Coast board member of the American India Foundation.
Chatwani is not a full-time investor, and his public record is short. Crunchbase lists two personal investments: the Lightsage seed round and a Series A in Naive. Amounts and dates for the Naive round are not public in the sources found. He has not published a fund, a thesis or a check size.
In September 2026, Lightsage announced a $4M seed round led by Nexus Venture Partners. Angels in the round included Chatwani, Postman CEO Abhinav Asthana, Apollo GraphQL CEO Matt Curl and former Salesforce CTO Steven Tamm. Lightsage (formally API-Rex Inc.) builds tools that simulate how AI coding agents discover, install and use a software company's product. It calls this "agent-led growth". The round was not led by Chatwani, and his check size was not disclosed.
No stated stage, sector or geographic focus has been published. His one confirmed AI investment is a seed-stage, San Francisco-based developer-facing software company. That fits his operating work in product-led growth and go-to-market. This is an inference from his background, not a stated thesis. Check size is not public.
- Lightsage: helps software companies test and improve how AI agents find and use their products; $4M seed led by Nexus Venture Partners, announced September 2026.
- Naive: listed by Crunchbase as a Series A investment; year and details not public.
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- letsdatascience.com/news/lightsage-raises-4m-for-agent-led-growth-bbcb
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- crunchbase.com/hub/funds-of-funds-funded-companies
Investing activity
Robert Chatwani appears in 1 AI deal tracked by the Lounge deals desk. The rounds are mostly Seed, with a median round size of $4M. The most recent is Lightsage (Seed, $4M, Sep 2026).
Robert Chatwani most often invests alongside Nexus Venture Partners, Ivan Burazin, Steven Tamm and Hila Qu, and the companies they back on Lounge are mostly in AI.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Robert Chatwani
Is Robert Chatwani an angel investor in AI startups?
Yes, in at least one case. He was a named angel in Lightsage's $4M seed round, announced in September 2026. Crunchbase lists two personal investments in total.
What does Robert Chatwani do besides angel investing?
He is President and General Manager, Growth at Docusign. He was previously CMO of Atlassian and held senior roles at Spring and eBay.
What is Robert Chatwani's check size?
It is not public. Neither the Lightsage announcement nor his Crunchbase profile discloses how much he invested.
What stage does Robert Chatwani invest in?
He has no published stage focus. His confirmed AI investment, Lightsage, was a seed round.
What can a founder get from pitching Robert Chatwani?
His public background is in product-led growth, marketing and go-to-market at Atlassian, Docusign and eBay. Founders with developer-facing or growth-driven products may find that experience relevant. He has not said what he looks for.
How do I contact Robert Chatwani?
No personal website or verified social links were found in the sources. A warm introduction through a mutual contact, or through Lightsage's founders, is the most practical route.
Is Robert Chatwani an angel investor?
Yes. Robert Chatwani invests personally as an angel.
What AI companies has Robert Chatwani invested in?
Robert Chatwani's AI investments include Lightsage. The 1 round on Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.
What stage does Robert Chatwani invest at?
In the rounds tracked on Lounge, Robert Chatwani has invested at Seed, with a median round of $4M.
Who does Robert Chatwani co-invest with?
Robert Chatwani's most frequent co-investors on Lounge are Nexus Venture Partners (1 deal), Ivan Burazin (1 deal), Steven Tamm (1 deal), Hila Qu (1 deal) and Shuhao Zhang (1 deal).