Binary won't be be the last

[Bloomberg] [Fully Charged]( From [Bloomberg](   [FOLLOW US [Facebook Share]]([Twitter Share]( [SUBSCRIBE [Subscribe]](  Hi all, it's [Eric](mailto:enewcomer@bloomberg.net). The Binary Capital revelations over the past week have been disturbing. The founder of the up-and-coming e-commerce company Stitch Fix, Katrina Lake, was [allegedly harassed]( by the now disgraced venture capitalist Justin Caldbeck. And then Lightspeed Venture Partners, where Caldbeck worked at the time, had Lake sign a non-disparagement agreement. Lightspeed allowed Caldbeck to keep the allegations a secret. The firm [wrote on Twitter](, "In light of what we have learned since, we regret we did not take stronger action. It is clear now that we should have done more." Bloomberg reported Wednesday evening that Former Binary Capital principal Ann Lai [is suing](Binary Capital for harassing and defaming her after she resigned. After Lai quit the firm, Caldbeck wrote that he wasn't going to "warn" her again. "Please stop and don’t add ill will. It didn’t work out. I have egg on my face for supporting you and I’m sure you are disappointed w your experience but don't put us in a situation where we need to be more aggressive," he wrote on the messaging app Confide, according to Lai's complaint. You can be certain that offices up and down Sand Hill Road are discussing how accusations against Caldbeck were handled over the years. Partners have said to me that they're highly disturbed, if not altogether surprised. For one, non-disparagement agreements are the norm in the industry: it's no surprise that Lightspeed tried to put the allegations behind it. Given the blowback Lightspeed is getting to how it handled the situation, venture firms might think twice in the future about staying quiet about bad actors. There's so much that's unsettling about the Caldbeck situation. For one, how long these rumors seemed to have been swirling before The Information [published its story June 22](. The racial element of this story: Caldbeck seems to have targeted Asian women. Lai isn’t the first to sue her former venture employer: Ellen Pao's gender-discrimination lawsuit against Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers in 2014 was one of the first to draw closer scrutiny on misogyny in the valley. The evolving statements out of Binary Capital have been incongruous. The Information initially received a denial from the firm, adding "there is no evidence that Justin did anything illegal and there is no evidence that any of his investing decisions were affected by his social interests." Within hours of publishing the story, Caldbeck reversed himself with an apologetic statement: "I deeply regret ever causing anyone to feel uncomfortable." Apparently days before the story went live, Caldbeck reached out to one of the women quoted in the initial story to see if her company was [looking to raise money](. So many women have spoken up to push for change in Silicon Valley,  including Pao and Susan Fowler. Now Niniane Wang, Susan Ho, and Leiti Hsu join their ranks. There is still so much more that needs to change about how women are treated and included in Silicon Valley. Both fortunately and unfortunately, I think we're going to hear about many more stories like Caldbeck's for a while. But change is happening, albeit too slowly.  And here's what you need to know in technology news Blue Apron's first day of trading didn't go well. The company's open price was $10 and its closing price was $10. That's after the company significantly lowered its expectations from a target range of $15 to $17. And Blue Apron [may need more money soon](bbg://news/stories/OSBRYN6JTSEC).  Airbnb plans [luxury vacation rentals](bbg://news/stories/OS9WXC6JIJUO).  It's about time! Product updates in the ride-hailing business seem to occur at a much faster clip than over at Airbnb. Chop-chop.   Quite the founding story: Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck [is a madman](bbg://news/stories/OSB1676JTSE9) who once strapped a rocket to his custom-bicycle and hit 90 miles per hour.  This makes sense: Tony Fadell envisions a [screenless future]( for tech gadgets.  "Indian roads present a true deep learning challenge" That might be the biggest understatement of the year, as Indian conglomerates such as Tata and [Mahindra push into driverless cars](.  By the way, we'll be taking the next few days off to enjoy the Fourth of July weekend here in the States. See you back on Wednesday!     Sponsor Content by Citrix Citrix technologies help Red Bull Racing push the boundaries of what’s possible to execute race strategy, improve real-time decision-making and drive performance on and off the track. We make work simple, mobile, digital and secure, so teams everywhere can work any way that works for them. [This is how the future works. 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