# Trunal Bhanse

> Trunal Bhanse is the CEO and co-founder of Clazar, a San Francisco-based cloud GTM automation platform that simplifies how SaaS companies sell through AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud marketplaces. Before founding Clazar in 2023, he spent years scaling cloud infrastructure at Airbnb (Engineering Manager, Homes Host team) and Confluent (Director of Engineering, Lifecycle & Cloud Partnerships), where he experienced firsthand the pain of building marketplace integrations from scratch. Clazar raised $10M in Series A funding in April 2024 led by Ridge Ventures and Ensemble VC, and now serves 250+ customers including Supabase, Atlan, and Rootly.

- **Role:** CEO & Co-Founder at Clazar
- **Organizations:** Clazar, Airbnb, Confluent, LinkedIn, Yahoo, Arizona State University, DropTalk
- **Nationality:** Indian-American
- **Education:** Master of Science, Computer Science, Arizona State University, Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science, University of Mumbai
- **Known for:** Co-founded Clazar, reaching 100 paying customers within first year of launch, Raised $14M total funding including $10M Series A in April 2024, Scaled Clazar to 250+ customers including Supabase, Atlan, and Rootly

## Career timeline

- **2006-2008** — Web Application Developer at Arizona State University while completing MS in CS
- **2008-2010** — Front End Engineer at Yahoo!
- **2010-2014** — Software Engineer at LinkedIn, implemented mobile web experience using HTML5
- **2014-2016** — Founding Engineer/Architect at DropTalk, built iOS app and Chrome extension single-handedly
- **2016-2020** — Engineering Manager at Airbnb, led the Homes Host team managing 30+ engineers
- **2020-2022** — Director of Engineering at Confluent, led Lifecycle engineering organization managing cloud marketplace integrations across AWS, GCP, and Azure
- **2023** — Co-founded Clazar with Aayush Bahuguna, launched cloud GTM automation platform
- **2023** — Clazar reaches 100 paying customers within first year
- **2024-04** — Clazar closes $10M Series A led by Ridge Ventures and Ensemble VC, total funding reaches $14M
- **2025** — Clazar surpasses 250 customers, publishes State of Cloud Marketplace & Co-Sell Report

## Achievements

- Co-founded Clazar, reaching 100 paying customers within first year of launch
- Raised $14M total funding including $10M Series A in April 2024
- Scaled Clazar to 250+ customers including Supabase, Atlan, and Rootly
- Led Engineering at Airbnb managing 30+ engineers on the Homes Host team
- Led Confluent's Lifecycle engineering organization with cloud marketplace integrations across AWS, GCP, and Azure
- Clazar earned 4.9/5 stars on G2 with 83+ verified reviews
- Built a platform that helped customers achieve 40% faster sales cycles and 80% larger deal sizes
- Helped Supabase reduce AWS Marketplace operational effort by 80%

## Latest updates

- **2025-04** — Clazar published State of Cloud Marketplace & Co-Sell Report based on 100+ SaaS company inputs, in partnership with Partner Insight
- **2025-01** — Clazar surpasses 250 customers as cloud marketplace adoption accelerates
- **2024-12** — Trunal featured in re:Invent 2024 recap alongside leaders from Astronomer and Wiz
- **2024-07** — Trunal appeared on The Ultimate Guide to Partnering podcast (Episode 227) discussing co-sell strategy
- **2024-04** — Clazar closes $10M Series A funding led by Ridge Ventures and Ensemble VC

## Links

- Website: https://clazar.io
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trunal-bhanse-b8aa2a321
- GitHub: https://github.com/trunalb

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Last updated: 2026-05-14