StrictlyVC
StrictlyVC is a venture-capital news brand founded by Connie LoizosConnie LoizosConnie Loizos is a technology journalist, founder of StrictlyVC and TechCrunch’s general manager and editor-in-chief since 2023.Open the full entry in 2013, combining newsletters, live interviews and podcasting. It became a 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 sub-brand in 2023.
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2013Founding
Connie Loizos founded StrictlyVC in 2013 after leaving 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, providing a daily briefing for readers interested in venture capital.[1]
From 2020: StrictlyVC Download
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 has published since 2020, with Loizos and Alex Gove co-hosting technology interviews.[2]
August 2023Joining TechCrunch
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 announced its acquisition of StrictlyVC as a TechCrunch sub-brand in August 2023.[3]
Formats: Newsletters and live conversations
Its website offers newsletter subscriptions and event information, with live conversations involving founders, investors and changes in the technology industry.[4]