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(2)An-Yen Hu
An-Yen Hu is Operating Partner and General Counsel at Benchmark, the storied Sand Hill Road venture firm. He handles the legal and operational machinery so the investing partners can focus on companies. He joined in July 2020 from Goodwin Procter, where he made partner in 2014, led the Silicon Valley office's hiring, and ran point for the underwriters on Snap's $3.4 billion IPO.
Ryan Thompson
Ryan Thompson is General Counsel and Partner at Felicis, a Menlo Park-based venture capital firm that has backed over 50 unicorns and raised a $900M Fund X in 2025. A lawyer-turned-operator-turned-investor, Ryan brings nearly two decades of legal and operational muscle to one of Silicon Valley's most decorated early-stage firms. Before Felicis, he served as COO and General Counsel at Unusual Ventures and as General Counsel and VP of HR at Shape Security — which sold to F5 Networks for over $1 billion. He spent nine years as a corporate attorney at Goodwin Procter and DLA Piper, working on VC financings, M&A, and IPOs before crossing the table to the operator side.