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Jonathan Teo

Jonathan Teo

Jonathan Teo is a Co-founder and Managing partner at Binary Capital. Due to the scandal around Justin Caldbeck and sexual harassment allegations by six women, Jonathan Teo offered to resign from Binary at the end of June.

Career

In July, 2014 Jonathan co-founded San Francisco Binary Capital with Justin Caldbeck in San Francisco, California. He currently works there as a Managing Partner.

Previously, in 2011-2013 he was a Managing Director at General Catalyst.

In 2008-2011 he worked as a Principal in Benchmark Capital.

Jonathan also has an experience in working at Google as an Engineering manager, dealing with International Engineering R&D.

Resignation from Binary Capital

On July 8, 2017 Justin Teo sent emails to investors offering his resignation from Binary Capital.

The offer was in response to the scandal surrounding Justin Caldbeck sexual harassment allegations by six women, Jonathan Teo offered to resign from Binary at the end of June however have not accepted his resignation.

On June 28, 2017 Justin had made a Facebook post stating that he was aware of "rumors" about Caldbeck’s behavior in the years before he joined Binary but he trusted Caldbeck’s reassurances that "he was turning over a new leaf."

"I made a big mistake in that from a professional context," Teo wrote in a June 26 Facebook post.

"The corporate world is unforgiving for judgment errors such as this."

He also said that he had been "misled by someone whom I considered a trusted friend."

In emails to investors, Jonathan wrote that he had offered to resign after the revelations about Caldbeck, in an attempt to deflect from media scrutiny over the recent sexual harassment allegations.

He wrote:

"Media has been corrupted. The voice of many have been diluted by the agendas of a few. My offer of resignation was made to quell a news cycle that we are almost positive was exacerbated by a leak from someone in our investor base that had an agenda not in the best interest of the entrepreneurs we work with. Nor the value of the portfolio we are committed to building."

Education

Jonathan studied at Stanford University and graduated with Master's in Management science and Electrical engineering.

He was also a student of University of Sydney and graduated with Bachelor's in Electrical engineering.

References

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Citation Linkfacebook.comFacebookpost by Justin apologizing for the sexual harassmentscandal at Binary Capital
Jul 15, 2017, 11:25 AM
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Citation Linkcrunchbase.comJonathan Teo on Crunchbase.
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Citation Linkfacebook.comJonathan Teo on Facebook.
Jul 13, 2017, 1:59 AM
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Citation Linktwitter.comJonathan Teo on Twitter.
Jul 13, 2017, 1:59 AM
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Citation Linklinkedin.comLinkedIn.
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Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.comLinkedIn profile photo
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Citation Linkinstagram.comJonathan's Instagram
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Citation Linkbusinessinsider.comAn investor whose firm is embroiled in a sexism scandal blamed 'corrupted' media for bad press - article
Jul 13, 2017, 8:05 AM
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Citation Linkmercurynews.comArticle about Teo blaming media and press
Jul 13, 2017, 8:15 AM
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Citation Linkbloomberg.comArticle about Teo's resigning
Jul 13, 2017, 8:16 AM
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Citation Linkinc.comArticle about e-mails Teo sent to Limited Partners and CEO
Jul 13, 2017, 8:18 AM
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Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.comJonathan at General Assembly of the United Nations
Jul 13, 2017, 8:24 AM
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Citation Linkyoutube.comAcademy | Pioneers Festival 2016 - How to build, grow, and scale your product
Jul 15, 2017, 10:55 PM
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Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.com4 May 2017; Christine Herron, Director, Intel Capital, and Jonathan Teo, Founder and Managing Partner, Binary Capital, on the Startup University Stage at Collision 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana.Photo by Stephen McCarthy / Collision / Sportsfile
Jul 13, 2017, 8:26 AM
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Citation Linkyoutube.comWhy investing in startups is worth the risk: Jonathan Teo
Jul 15, 2017, 10:55 PM
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Citation Linkyoutube.comStartup Tips: Why I invested in Twitterand Instagram, and what I look for in startup investments
Jul 15, 2017, 10:57 PM
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Academy | Pioneers Festival 2016 - How to build, grow, and scale your product
Jul 15, 2017, 10:55 PM
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Citation Linkywqaugeunhowzrcj.public.blob.vercel-storage.com
Why investing in startups is worth the risk: Jonathan Teo
Jul 15, 2017, 10:55 PM
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Startup Tips: Why I invested in [Twitter](/wiki/lang_en/twitter) and [Instagram](/wiki/lang_en/instagram), and what I look for in startup investments
Jul 15, 2017, 10:57 PM