If you haven’t heard the news, TechCrunch has a glittering new home. After years of ownership of Yahoo – which, in turn, is supported by the Apollo group – the brand is now in fresh hands. Her new parent company: Regent, a dynamic private share company with a different portfolio covering the media, retail and construction. Regent was founded 12 years ago by Michael Reinstein, a polite starting founder who quickly realized that he could have a brighter future as an executive PE and who has an undeniable passion for TechCrunch.
While the economic terms remain uncovered, one thing is clear: Regent acquires a virtual brand. TechCrunch is not just a technology news site. It is the most influential voice that records innovation in Silicon Valley and beyond. The appearance on TechCrunch has long been a passionate rite for newly established businesses, but our mission extends far beyond the industry trusts who are our main reader. Our goal is to give everyone a front -line position in the future of technology. Whether you are a founder, investor or someone who is curious about how technology remodeles the world, we help you see what to do by reporting the news, then placing the tracks together to share the biggest picture.
The best part: This agreement is structured to ensure minimal disorder in TechCrunch. You can almost think more like a software update rather than a system review. In San Francisco and New York, we will move to new offices rented by Regent. (Goodbye, financial area, hi, soma!) And Yahoo does not completely leave the links – it maintains a little interest for the company. (What can we say? It is difficult to leave TechCrunch.) In this regard, my personal thanks to the CEO of Yahoo Jim Lanzone, who was an incredible mentor and audio table and to whom I am deeply grateful.
But here’s what really matters: the same team of expert journalists you know and trust will continue to bring you the stories to read the technological world. Undoubtedly, this is the strongest TechCrunch team we’ve ever had and we are lucky to work with some amazing talents over the years.
TechCrunch has been at the center of Silicon Valley since Michael Arrington and Keith Teare founded it in 2005. With the continued support of our readers and advertisers, we have covered every major technological trend, every billionaire quarrel and every industry in the industry. And just start. Many of the founders and executives we have written about the years are now shaping policies in Washington and we will be there, stating what will happen next.
Yahoo has decided to sell TechCrunch because, in the end, our DNA is simply different from the rest of its portfolio. While Yahoo Sports, Yahoo News and Yahoo Finance Excel in Muggreation, TechCrunch has always been about the original report and news analysis. The timing of the sale also makes sense. While much of the news industry has been hit in the face with a multitude of challenges-from AI’s summaries in the evolution of Twitter at X-TechCrunch has surpassed the trend over the last year, firmly rejuvenating its reader. Our secret? We put readers first, we deliver news that we need to know without bias and present the wild, often ridiculous, human side of the technological world.
As TechCrunch fans already know, this is not our first Rodeo when it comes to new property (we all still have a swag from AOL and Verizon). But what was more important in this transition was to ensure that our team maintains freedom and support to do what we do best. With Regent, we have exactly that.
So in Yahoo, thank you for standing next to us in some harder moments. And at Regent, we love your excitement for what we do and we are excited to start this next chapter with you. Now, let’s do that.
The PS yes, our Strictlyvc brand is part of the overall package and by the way, our first event of the year in San Francisco takes place within a few weeks, with SF Mayor Daniel Lurie, CEO of Kalshi Tarek Mansour, Freerunner Kirsten Green’s founder and others. Don’t wait to register. We are almost exhausted.
