# Armon Petrossian

> Armon Petrossian is the CEO and Co-Founder of Coalesce.io, a cloud-native data transformation platform built for the modern data stack. A first-generation Armenian-American from Portland, Oregon, he spent nearly a decade at WhereScape solving data warehouse challenges for Fortune 50 companies before co-founding Coalesce in 2020 with CTO Satish Jayanthi. Under his leadership, Coalesce has raised $81M+ in funding, achieved 4x year-over-year ARR growth, and grown to 140 employees, positioning itself as a leading ELT transformation platform for Snowflake, Databricks, and other cloud data platforms.

- **Role:** CEO and Co-Founder at Coalesce.io
- **Organizations:** Coalesce.io, WhereScape, Petrossian Properties
- **From:** Portland, Oregon, United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Bachelor's degree in Business, Mandarin Chinese, and Finance, University of Oregon, One year immersive study, Mandarin Chinese, Study Abroad - China
- **Known for:** Co-founded Coalesce.io, raising $81M+ across Seed, Series A ($26M), and Series B ($50M) rounds, Scaled Coalesce to 140 employees and over 4x ARR growth year-over-year, Secured investment from Snowflake Ventures, Emergence Capital, and Industry Ventures

## Career timeline

- **2014** — Joined WhereScape as ETL intern, eventually becoming National Sales Manager
- **2015** — Also ran Petrossian Properties as hospitality entrepreneur
- **2020** — Left WhereScape and co-founded Coalesce.io with Satish Jayanthi in August 2020
- **2020-2021** — Spent a full year in COVID lockdown doing pure R&D with Satish Jayanthi to build the MVP
- **2022-01** — Coalesce raised $5.92M seed round from GreatPoint Ventures and 11.2 Capital
- **2022** — Coalesce launched publicly
- **2022-09** — Coalesce raised $26M Series A led by Emergence Capital
- **2023** — Coalesce achieved 4x ARR growth year-over-year; headcount grew ~107%
- **2024-04** — Coalesce raised $50M Series B led by Industry Ventures and Emergence Capital; Snowflake Ventures participated
- **2024** — Total funding reached $81M+; Coalesce recognized as Inc. Best Workplace

## Achievements

- Co-founded Coalesce.io, raising $81M+ across Seed, Series A ($26M), and Series B ($50M) rounds
- Scaled Coalesce to 140 employees and over 4x ARR growth year-over-year
- Secured investment from Snowflake Ventures, Emergence Capital, and Industry Ventures
- Built Coalesce into an Inc. Best in Business and Inc. Best Workplace company
- Spent nearly a decade working with 1,000+ companies at WhereScape solving data warehouse problems for Fortune 50 enterprises
- Co-hosts The Data T Podcast, one of the data engineering community's notable shows
- Fluent in Mandarin Chinese after one year studying abroad in China

## Latest updates

- **2024-04** — Coalesce closed $50M Series B funding round with participation from Snowflake Ventures, Emergence Capital, Industry Ventures, and others
- **2024** — Coalesce named to Inc. Best Workplace and Inc. Best in Business lists
- **2024** — Coalesce expanded platform support to Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, and other cloud data platforms beyond Snowflake
- **2025-07** — Appeared at 20/20 Leadership Conference discussing leadership and systems thinking

## Links

- Website: https://coalesce.io
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/armonpetrossian/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/armonpetrossian

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Last updated: 2026-05-27