Tech Crunch
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Type of site
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Technology news and analysis |
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| Available in | English, French, Japanese |
| Headquarters | Bay Area, United States |
| Owner | AOL |
| Created by | Michael Arrington, Keith Teare |
| Revenue | US$2.4 million (2007 est.) |
| Website | techcrunch.com |
| Alexa rank |
 672 (October 2016[update]) |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | None |
| Launched | June 10, 2005 |
| Current status | Active |
TechCrunch is an online publisher of technology industry news. It primarily covers the business side of tech, reporting breaking tech news, bold opinions on new products, thorough analysis of emerging trends in tech, and regular profiling of popular new tech businesses, from early stage startups to publicly traded companies. Notable journalists and contributors include Josh Constine, Mike Butcher, Matthew Panzarino, Matt Burns, Jordan Crook, Ingrid Lunden, Frederic Lardinois, Connie Loizos, Sarah Perez, Darrell Etherington, Alexia Tsotsis, Michael Arington, Eric Eldon, Kim Mai Cutler, Anthony Ha, and many others. The website is owned by AOL, which is owned by Verizon.
On September 28, 2010, at its Disrupt conference in San Francisco, AOL announced that it would acquire TechCrunch. The price was rumored to be between $25 million and $40 million.
TechCrunch Disrupt is an annual conference hosted by TechCrunch in San Francisco,New York City, and Europe (London or Berlin), which began in 2011 and is where new technology startups launch their products and services competing on stage in front of venture capital potential investors, media and other interested parties for prize money and publicity. Past participants include Dropbox, Beam, Vurb, Trello, Mint, Yammer, Agrilyst, Crate.io and many more.
TechCrunch operates CrunchBase, a database of the startup ecosystem consisting of investors, incubators and start-ups, which comprises around 500,000 data points profiling companies, people, funds, fundings and events. The company claims to have more than 50,000 active contributors. Members of the public, subject to registration, can make submissions to the database; however, all changes are subject to review by a moderator before being accepted. Data is constantly reviewed by editors to ensure it is up to date. In 2013, CrunchBase said it had 2 million users accessing its database each month.
AOL is in dispute with start-up Pro Populi over that group's use of the entire CrunchBase dataset in apps that Pro Populi has developed, one of which is known as People+. Pro Populi is being represented by the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
In 2008, TechCrunch started The Crunchies award ceremony, which celebrates the "most compelling startups, internet and technology innovations of the year". Techcrunch often creates a list of the top startups and the funding they received. Twelve categories have been awarded in 2016, including "Best New Startup", "Best Overall Startup", and "Best Mobile App". 2016 was also the first year awarding the Diversity Award.
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