Jonathan Teo

Jonathan is co-founder and managing partner of Binary Capital. Previously, Jonathan was managing director at General Catalyst and a Principal at Benchmark, where he sourced and led investments in Snapchat, Instagram, Twitter, and Chloe and Isabel. In 2016, Forbes Magazine named Jonathan to its prestigious Midas Brink List. Before working in venture, Jonathan was an early engineering leader at Google, where he oversaw the company’s global infrastructure expansion and R&D efforts. Born and raised in Singapore, Jonathan is an active advisor to Stanford’s school of medicine and a guest lecturer in its school of engineering. Before joining General Catalyst Partners, Jonathan was a Principal at Benchmark Capital, where he originated the investments in Twitter, Eucalyptus Systems and Instagram. Prior to Benchmark he managed several engineering teams at Google and was an early member of its Strategy and Business Operations group focusing on international expansion of research and development. Jonathan is a graduate of Stanford University, earning a MS and Sydney University where he received a BS in Electrical Engineering.