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18 years with TechCrunch

2025-06 

An announcement: After 18 years, TechCrunch and I have parted ways. The backstory: Recently, Regent LP, a US private equity firm, acquired TechCrunch and its staff in the US, from Yahoo. During this process, my colleagues in Europe and I were, unexpectedly, rendered redundant. I should emphasise that I am not a spokesperson for Yahoo or Regent in this matter. However, the upshot is that, as of last month, I am no longer writing for TechCrunch. This ends an 18-year run, starting in 2007. Until last month, my personal journey with TechCrunch had been an incredibly fulfilling one, and, I hope, useful to the European ecosystem. But before I indulge in a little nostalgia, I want to emphasise that this does not mean my departure from tech journalism. I will be taking my many thousands of contacts and social media followers — spread across the US, Europe and the Middle East — with me, into my next adventures. And BTW, PR people: just put me ‘on hold’ for now, ok? 😉 So, I am excited to tell you what’s next. But not quite yet… Meanwhile, if you want to stay in touch, please put your email into the form I’ve linked to below, and feel free to follow me across my social channels.(My email: mike@mikebutcher.me). https://lnkd.in/dvE9FdqQ Until I have more concrete things to say, I will still be floating around tech events in Europe over the summer, and engaging in the following (feel free to get in contact if any of this resonates): - Running panels and fireside chats at conferences and events (most recently, Tech EU, EU Startups Summit, GITEX) - Consulting with companies on relevant areas (or on events) — (but only while I’m on a journalism break!) - Continuing to meet founders and investors, professionally and socially. Hit me up. - Producing more social media content, as and when. - I also plan to relaunch my non-profit Techfugees as a ‘Crunchbase for humanitarianism’. Get in touch if you want to help - with the demise of USAID, we need something to connect the dots more than ever. There's more in the longer article linked below:
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[1] URL: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mikebutcher_an-announcement-after-18-years-techcrunch-activity-7335196526203363329-W7Or?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android&rcm=ACoAAAAvmJsB4l3t9PdFOdObHwlNHfKDpPBagBc
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