Tech startups want to destigmatize sex
Sex, despite being one of the most fundamental human experiences, is still one...
300M-user meme site Imgur raises $20M from Coil to pay creators
Meme creators have never gotten their fair share. Remixed and reshared across...
An Equity deep dive on Patreon
The popular TechCrunch podcast Equity this week launched a new series called...
Patreon ups its revenue cut, but grandfathers in old creators
Patreon couldn’t survive charging all creators just a 5 percent rake on...
Startups Weekly: Is Y Combinator’s latest cohort too big?
Plus, e-scooter subscription services are a thing now, the Vision Fund is...
The disappearing Form D
We are experimenting with new content forms at TechCrunch. This is a rough draft...
Patreon buys Memberful but keeps it indie as patronage consolidates
Patreon is forming a patronage empire. Today it acquired white-labeled...
Open source sustainability
Open source sustainability has been nothing short of an oxymoron. Engineers...
Patreon acquires Kit to let creators bundle merch in subscriptions
If content creators want to sell pricier monthly content subscriptions, offering...
Patreon Lens is Snapchat for creators’ paid fans only
Exclusive content is how creators get patrons to pay them a monthly...