Mike Butcher (journalist)

[2][3] Early in his career, Butcher wrote for Newspaper Focus magazine, covering "the business of web sites".

[8] In 2009, the same newspaper reported that Butcher was "the sole full-time editorial employee, with no subeditors" at TechCrunch, and that he was writing for the blog "from all over Europe".

[10] According to an article in European Planning Studies, Butcher was instrumental in publicising Silicon Roundabout in Shoreditch as an emerging cluster for the tech industry, along with Tim Bradshaw, technology journalist for the Financial Times.

[11][12] According to the Financial Times, for ten years, the TechHub office space in Silicon Roundabout was "a focal point for the tech community" in London, and "home to hundreds of startups", but filed for administration in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

"[13] The organisation assists with identity verification for NGO workers, arranging remote work for refugees, and humanitarian aid.