[philip1209]

Gillian Morris, Co-founder and CEO of Hitlist, left this comment on The Information's original article [1]:

> I’ve never met Justin but can attest that his questionable behavior extends past allegations of sexual harassment.

> In early 2016, I spoke with Jonathan Teo, Justin’s partner at Binary, about funding Hitlist, my company. In the course of due diligence, I sent bios of the key engineers on my team. Justin approached my star iOS engineer and attempted to poach him to join one of Binary’s portfolio companies.

> There’s something rotten about a firm that holds out the promise of funding while secretly trying to poach your employees. (aside: I’m not sure if Jonathan had anything to do with this and have had nothing but pleasant, professional interactions with him).

[1] (behind paywall) https://www.theinformation.com/silicon-valley-women-tell-of-...

[circadiam]

This is an absurd accusation. I've seen plenty of VCs try to recruit developers of companies that they've met with or even invested in. The Valley is tiny and it happens all the time. Moreover, not all this information is communicated to every partner, especially as it relates to seed deals.