If you haven’t heard the news, Techcrunch has a new shiny home. After years under the ownership of Yahoo – which, in turn, is supported by Apollo Group – the brand is now in cool hands. Its new parent company: Regent, a dynamic private capital firm with a diverse portfolio that includes media, retail and production. Regent was founded 12 years ago by Michael Reinstein, a one -time starter founder once who soon realized that there may be a brighter future as an EP executive and which has an undeniable passion for Techcrunch.
While financial conditions remain undiscovered, one thing is clear: Regent is getting an iconic brand. Techcrunch is not just a technology news site; It is the most influential innovation of sound chronicling in Silicon Valley and beyond. The receipt presented at Techcrunch has long been a rite of transition for the beginnings, but our mission extends beyond the industry interior that make up our essential readability. We intend to give absolutely everyone a place of the front row for the future of technology. Whether you are a founder, an investor or someone who is curious about how technology is reformulating the world, we help you see what is next by reporting the news, then joining the parts to share the greatest look.
Best part: This agreement is structured to ensure minimal interruption in Techcrunch operations. You can almost think of it more as a software update than a system adjustment. In San Francisco and New York, we will move to new rented offices from Regent. (Goodbye, Financial Circle; Hello, Soma!) And Yahoo is not completely changing the links – is holding a little interest in the company. (Can we say? Harden hard to leave to Techcrunch.) Similarly, my personal thanks to Yahoo Jim Lanzone, who has been an extraordinary mentor and a healthy board and to whom I am deeply grateful.
But here’s what it really has to do: the same team of expert journalists you know and believe will continue to bring you the stories that need to be read in the technology world. Undoubtedly, this is Techcrunch’s strongest team we have ever had, and we have been fortunate enough to work with amazing talent over the years.
Techcrunch has been in the heart of Silicon Valley that when Michael Arrington and Keith Tete founded it in 2005. With the continued support of our readers and advertisers, we have covered every major technology trend, every billionaire quarrel and any shock of industry. And we are just starting. Many of the founders and leaders we have written for years are now forming policies in Washington, and we will be there, reporting what happens next.
Yahoo decided to sell techcrunch because, after all, our DNA is simply different from the rest of its portfolio. While Yahoo Sports, Yahoo News and Yahoo Finance Excel in aggregation, Techcrunch has always been about the original reporting and news analysis. Sales time also makes sense. While most of the news industry is punched in the face of a multitude of challenges-from the summaries created by him to Twitter evolution on X-Techcrunch has captured the trend over the past year, registering its readers. Our secret? We set the reader first, deliver the well -known news without prejudice, and show the wild, often funny, human side of the technology world.
As Techcrunch’s close followers already know, this is not our first Rodeo when it comes to new ownership (we all still have Swag from AOL and Verizon). But what was most important in this transition was to ensure that our team preserves freedom and support to do what we do better. With regent, we have exactly that.
So for Yahoo, thank you for staying with us through some tougher times. And for regent, we love your enthusiasm for what we do and we are excited to start this next chapter with you. Now, let’s do this thrang.
PS yes, our brand is strictly part of the general package, and by the way, our first event of the year in San Francisco takes place within weeks, with the chairman of SF Daniel Lurie, CEO to Kalshi Tarek Mansour, Forerunner Green founder, and others. Do not expect to register; We are ready sold.
