If you have not heard the news, Techcrunch has a new brilliant house. After years under the property of Yahoo – which, in turn, is supported by Apollo Group – the brand is now in fresh hands. Its new parent company: Regent, a dynamic investment capital company with a diversified portfolio covering the media, retail and manufacturing. Regent was founded 12 years ago by Michael Reinstein, a friendly startup founder who quickly realized that he could have a better future as a PE frame and who has an undeniable passion for Techcrunch.
While the financial terms remain unclear, one thing is clear: Regent acquires an emblematic brand. Techcrunch is not only a technological new site; It is the most influential vocal innovation that recounts innovation in Silicon Valley and beyond. Presenting itself in Techcrunch has long been a rite of passage for startups, but our mission extends far beyond the initiates of the industry that make up our main readership. We aim to give everyone a first row seat to the future of technology absolutely. Whether you are a founder, an investor or someone who is curious to know how technology reshapes the world, we help you see the rest by bringing the news, then bringing together the pieces to share the situation as a whole.
The best part: this agreement is structured to ensure a minimum disruption of techcrunch operations. You can almost think about it more like a software update rather than a system overhaul. In San Francisco and New York, we are going to move into new offices rented by Regent. (Goodbye, financial district; hello, soma!) And Yahoo does not fully break the links – this maintains a small interest in the company. (What can we say? It is difficult to let go of Techcrunch.) Radresly, My Personal thank you to the CEO of Yahoo, Jim Lanzone, who was an incredible mentor and survey box to whom I am deeply grateful.
But here is what really matters: the same team of expert journalists you know and that you trust will continue to bring you the essential stories of the world of technology. Without a doubt, it is the strongest team of Techcrunch that we have never had, and we had the chance to work with incredible talents over the years.
Techcrunch has been at the heart of Silicon Valley since Michael Arrington and Keith Teare founded it in 2005. With the continuous support of our readers and advertisers, we have covered all the major technological trends, each billionaire fight and each upheaval of the industry. And we just start. Many founders and leaders on which we have written over the years now shape policies in Washington, and we will be there, reporting what will happen next.
Yahoo has decided to sell Techcrunch because, in the end, our DNA is simply different from the rest of its wallet. While Yahoo Sports, Yahoo News and Yahoo Finance excellent at aggregation, Techcrunch has always been on original reports and news analysis. The time of sale is also logical. Although a large part of the news industry has been struck opposite by a multitude of challenges – summaries generated by AI to the evolution of Twitter to X – Techcrunch has shaken the trend in the past year, regularly taking up its readership. Our secret? We put the readers first, provide unavoidable news without bias and present the wild, often ridiculous human side of the world of technology.
As Techcrunch subscribers already know, this is not our first rodeo with regard to the new property (we all always have an AOL and Verizon swag). But what mattered most in this transition was to guarantee that our team retains freedom and support to do what we do best. With Regent, we have exactly that.
So in Yahoo, thank you for keeping us at our doors through more difficult times. And for Regent, we love your enthusiasm for what we do and we are delighted to get into this next chapter with you. Now let’s do this Thang.
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