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Yahoo is selling TechCrunch to private equity firm Regent


If you haven’t heard the news, TechCrunch has a shiny new home. After years under Yahoo’s ownership -- which, in turn, is backed by Apollo Group -- the

Regent was founded 12 years ago by Michael Reinstein, a personable one-time startup founder who quickly realized he might have a brighter future as a PE executive and who has an undeniable passion for TechCrunch. Getting featured in TechCrunch has long been a rite of passage for startups, but our mission extends far beyond the industry insiders who make up our core readership. While much of the news industry has punched in the face by a host of challenges — from AI-generated summaries to Twitter’s evolution into X — TechCrunch has bucked the trend over the last year, steadily re-growing its readership.

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