Mallun Yen

Founding & Managing Partner at Operator Collective

Mallun Yen is the Founder and CEO/Partner of Operator Collective (operatorcollective.com), a venture fund and community she launched in 2018 to bring top operators from diverse backgrounds into venture investing. Her 200+ operator LPs are 90% women and 40% people of color, with 75% first-time venture investors, fueling the next generation of enterprise founders. A former Cisco VP of Worldwide IP and a leader at category-creating organizations including RPX (IPO in three years), SaaStr, and ChIPs, Mallun also serves on Pure Storage’s (NYSE: PSTG) Board and is a two-time guest co-chair of Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mallun.