Justin Caldbeck
Justin Caldbeck
Justin Caldbeck is an American venture capitalist and former co-founder/managing partner at Binary Capital. [undefined] He permanently resigned in 2017 after several accusations were made that he had made inappropriate advances towards different Women founders in the Silicon Valley. [undefined]
Career
Since July of 2014, Caldbeck co-founder and ran Binary Capital as a co-founder and Managing Director alongside Jonathan Teo. [undefined]
From January 2011 to June of 2014, he was a managing director at Lightspeed Venture Partners. [undefined]
From January of 2005 to January of 2011, he worked as an Associate, Principal, Director, and Partner at Bain Capital Ventures. [undefined]
Caldbeck worked as a Business Analyst for McKinsey and Co. from September 1999 to January of 2005. [undefined]
Sexual Harrassment Claims
On June 22, 2017, an article was published on The Information titled
Silicon Valley Women Tell of VC’s Unwanted Advances in which six women, including Niniane Wang, Susan Ho, and Leiti Hsu, accused Caldbeck of making unwanted sexual advances while they were pitching him. [undefined]
Shortly before he was accused, Caldbeck made an offer to one of his accusers, Sarah Lacy, to fund her startup, Evertoon, which only aggravated the situation further.
On June 25th, 2017, Caldbeck made his permanent leave official from Binary Capital. [undefined]
Education
Caldbeck first attended Duke University where he completed a B.A. in Economics in 1999. He then attended Harvard Business School where he graduated with an MBA in 2003. [undefined]