Connie Loizos
Connie Loizos is a technology journalist, founder of StrictlyVCStrictlyVCStrictlyVC is a venture-capital news brand founded by Connie Loizos in 2013, combining newsletters, live interviews and podcasting. It became a TechCrunch sub-brand in 2023.Open the full entry and TechCrunchTechCrunchTechCrunch is an American technology news outlet founded in 2005 by Michael Arrington and Keith Teare and headquartered in San Francisco; it mainly covers technology companies, startups, and venture capital, and hosts events such as TechCrunch Disrupt. Its ownership passed successively through AOL, Verizon, and Yahoo, and in 2025 Regent announced its acquisition.Open the full entry’s general manager and editor-in-chief since 2023.
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From 1996: Technology and business journalism
Loizos joined Red Herring in 1996, later worked at Dow Jones, Time Inc. and Crain Communications, and covered venture capital for the San Jose Mercury News.[1]
2007–2013Reuters
She joined ReutersReutersReuters is an international news agency founded in London in 1851 by Paul Julius Reuter and is now the news business of Thomson Reuters. It provides text, photo, video, and graphics coverage to media and institutional clients and distributes it through channels such as Reuters Connect.Open the full entry in 2007 and worked as a senior editor, writing news, columns and profiles.[1]
2013Founding StrictlyVC
She founded StrictlyVC in 2013, combining a venture-capital newsletter with live interviews.[2]
2015Joining TechCrunch
Loizos joined TechCrunch as Silicon Valley editor in 2015.[2]
August 2023General manager and editor-in-chief
On August 29, 2023, YahooYahooYahoo is an internet brand that grew out of a 1994 Stanford web directory project created by Jerry Yang and David Filo; its businesses span email, search, news, sports, finance and advertising technology. After acquiring Viaweb in 1998, it launched Yahoo Store. In 2017 the original public company sold its operating business and was renamed Altaba, and the brand’s business came under funds managed by Apollo in 2021. Yahoo’s current chief executive officer is Jim Lanzone, and its official company page lists its headquarters in New York.Open the full entry appointed her TechCrunch’s general manager and editor-in-chief, succeeding Matthew PanzarinoMatthew PanzarinoMatthew Panzarino is a technology journalist and content executive, a former TechCrunch editor-in-chief who announced his appointment as GrowthX chief content officer in 2025.Open the full entry, who became an adviser. Yahoo also announced the acquisition of StrictlyVC as a TechCrunch sub-brand.[2]
Podcasting: StrictlyVC Download
She co-hosts StrictlyVC DownloadStrictlyVC DownloadStrictlyVC Download is a technology-interview podcast hosted by Connie Loizos and Alex Gove, publishing since 2020 on startups, venture capital and changes in the technology industry.Open the full entry with Alex Gove, interviewing figures in technology and investing.[3]
Public accounts: Websites and social media
Public links: X https://x.com/cookie (opens in a new window).[4]