{{Short description|Online business publication}} {{Infobox company | type = Subsidiary | founders = {{ubl|Sean Griffey|Eli Dickinson|Ryan Willumson}} | foundation = {{Start date and age|2012}} | location_city = Washington, D.C. | location_country = United States | industry = online B2B news source | owner = {{ubl|Independent {{smaller|(2012–19)}}|Falfurrias Capital Partners {{smaller|(2019–22)}}|Informa plc {{smaller|(2022–present)}}}} | website = {{URL|https://www.industrydive.com/}} }} '''Industry Dive''' is a United States-based business-to-business news organization with an estimated 18 million readers in more than 25 industries, such as banking and waste management.<ref name="Publications">{{cite web |title=Publications |url=https://www.industrydive.com/publications |publisher=Industry Dive |access-date=12 August 2023 |language=en |archive-date=12 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230812192318/https://www.industrydive.com/publications |url-status=live }}</ref> Since 2022, it has been owned by Informa plc.
Industry Dive aims to serve business executives who read news on their mobile phones.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dool |first1=Greg |title="The Inbox Is the New Doorstep," As Newsletters Evolve, Publishers Adapt Their Tactics |url=https://www.foliomag.com/email-newsletters-tactics-publishers-strategies-industry-dive-new-york-new-yorker/ |website=Folio |date=21 July 2020 |access-date=6 July 2021}}</ref> The company had an estimated revenue of more than of more than $110 million in 2023.<ref>{{cite web |last=LaPorte |first=Nicole |title=This publisher is thriving by digging into deep-pocketed industries |website=Fast Company |date=March 19, 2024 |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/91041152/industry-dive-most-innovative-companies-2024 |access-date=November 27, 2025}}</ref> As of 2020, it has more than 300 employees, including 80 journalists and 12 engineers. Its headquarters is in Washington, D.C.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Willens |first1=Max |title='Help us solve goals that we can't solve in person': How Industry Dive soared revenue as B2B budgets migrated to digital |url=https://digiday.com/media/help-us-solve-goals-that-we-cant-solve-in-person-how-industry-dive-soared-revenue-as-b2b-budgets-migrated-to-digital/ |website=Digiday |date=10 November 2020 |access-date=4 July 2021 |archive-date=11 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711015607/https://digiday.com/media/help-us-solve-goals-that-we-cant-solve-in-person-how-industry-dive-soared-revenue-as-b2b-budgets-migrated-to-digital/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
==History== Industry Dive was formed in 2012 by Sean Griffey (president), Eli Dickinson (chief technology officer), and Ryan Willumson (chief revenue officer). It was funded with $900,000 from private investors in 2012 and 2013. The company covered five industries: construction, education, marketing, utility, and waste.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Health |first1=Thomas |title=A boring business that Warren Buffett would love |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/a-boring-business-that-warren-buffett-would-love/2017/04/14/1004adc0-1ee4-11e7-a0a7-8b2a45e3dc84_story.html/ |newspaper=Washington Post |date=14 April 2017 |access-date=4 July 2021 |archive-date=8 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508072914/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/a-boring-business-that-warren-buffett-would-love/2017/04/14/1004adc0-1ee4-11e7-a0a7-8b2a45e3dc84_story.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Industry Dive|url=https://www.sec.gov/edgar/browse/?CIK=1539396/|website=Securities and Exchange Commission|access-date=4 July 2021|archive-date=23 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221223235337/https://www.sec.gov/edgar/browse/?CIK=1539396/|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2016, it began its Dive Awards. Industry Dive's revenues quadrupled from 2015 to 2018,{{Quantify|date=December 2023}} putting it in the top half of the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 and the top 20 percent of the Inc. Top 5000 list. In 2019, Falfurrias Capital Partners acquired a majority stake in the company. ID's content marketing clients included IBM, Siemens, and UPS.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dool |first1=Greg |title=PE Firm Acquires Majority Stake in Industry Dive |url=https://www.foliomag.com/pe-firm-acquires-majority-stake-industry-dive/ |website=Folio |date=5 September 2019 |access-date=6 July 2021 |archive-date=9 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184656/https://www.foliomag.com/pe-firm-acquires-majority-stake-industry-dive/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
In 2020, DCA Live named Industry Dive to its "Red Hot Companies" list, which recognizes the D.C. area's 'fastest-growing' companies.<ref>{{cite web |title=DCA Live 2020 Red Hot Companies |url=https://dca-live.com/2020-red-hot-companies |website=DCA Live |access-date=6 July 2021 |archive-date=9 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709183522/https://dca-live.com/2020-red-hot-companies |url-status=live }}</ref> In the same year, Industry Dive acquired ''CFO''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.industrydive.com/post/industry-dive-acquires-cfo-publishing|title=Industry Dive acquires CFO.com|website=www.industrydive.com|accessdate=30 March 2023|archive-date=30 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330110303/https://www.industrydive.com/post/industry-dive-acquires-cfo-publishing|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=O'Reilly |first1=Lara |title=Industry Dive built a profitable media company on B2B news — now it's acquiring CFO.com and expanding its finance coverage to capitalize on a jittery market |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/industry-dive-acquires-cfocom-to-launch-payments-dive-2020-12?op=1 |access-date=6 July 2021 |website=Business Insider |archive-date=9 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184719/https://www.businessinsider.com/industry-dive-acquires-cfocom-to-launch-payments-dive-2020-12?op=1 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Fischer |first1=Sara |date=28 July 2020 |title=Industry Dive's first big acquisition |url=https://www.axios.com/industry-dive-business-journalism-acquisition-97bce32d-7b44-4de0-ac27-efe9998b880a.html |access-date=6 July 2021 |website=Axios |archive-date=9 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709183724/https://www.axios.com/industry-dive-business-journalism-acquisition-97bce32d-7b44-4de0-ac27-efe9998b880a.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2021, Industry Dive acquired PharmaVOICE.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.industrydive.com/post/industry-dive-acquires-pharmavoice-to-broaden-audience-reach-continue-expansion-goals-1 | title=Industry Dive acquires PharmaVOICE to broaden audience reach, continue expansion goals | access-date=2023-01-28 | archive-date=2023-01-28 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128040314/https://www.industrydive.com/post/industry-dive-acquires-pharmavoice-to-broaden-audience-reach-continue-expansion-goals-1 | url-status=live }}</ref>
In 2022, it was purchased by Informa plc, which bought its majority stake from Falfurrias Capital Partners for about $530 million.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Informa plc completed the acquisition of Industry Dive, Inc. from Falfurrias Capital Partners, LP. |language=en-US |work=Market Screener |url=https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/INFORMA-PLC-16587322/news/Informa-plc-completed-the-acquisition-of-Industry-Dive-Inc-from-Falfurrias-Capital-Partners-LP-42331525/ |access-date=2022-12-23 |archive-date=2022-12-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221223235337/https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/INFORMA-PLC-16587322/news/Informa-plc-completed-the-acquisition-of-Industry-Dive-Inc-from-Falfurrias-Capital-Partners-LP-42331525/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Industry Dive to be acquired by Informa PLC |language=en-US |work=Market Dive |url=https://www.marketingdive.com/press-release/20220719-industry-dive-to-be-acquired-by-informa-plc/ |access-date=2022-12-23 |archive-date=2022-12-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221223235338/https://www.marketingdive.com/press-release/20220719-industry-dive-to-be-acquired-by-informa-plc/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Publications== Industry Dive provides news coverage of a variety of industries including agriculture, banking, construction, education, fashion, healthcare, and manufacturing, each using a different website:<ref name="Publications" />
{{columns-start}} * ''Agriculture Dive'' * ''Automotive Dive'' * ''Banking Dive'' * ''BioPharma Dive'' * ''CFO'' * ''CFO Dive'' * ''CIO Dive'' * ''Construction Dive'' * ''C-Store Dive'' * ''Cybersecurity Dive'' * ''Education Dive'' * ''Facilities Dive'' * ''Fashion Dive'' * ''Food Dive'' * ''Grocery Dive'' * ''Healthcare Dive'' * ''Higher Ed Dive'' * ''Hotel Dive'' * ''HR Dive'' {{column}} * ''K-12 Dive'' * ''Legal Dive'' * ''Manufacturing Dive'' * ''Marketing Dive'' * ''MedTech Dive'' * ''Mobile Marketer'' * ''Multifamily Dive'' * ''Packaging Dive'' * ''Payments Dive'' * ''PharmaVoice'' * ''Restaurant Dive'' * ''Retail Dive'' * ''Smart Cities Dive'' * ''Social Media Today'' * ''Supply Chain Dive'' * ''Trucking Dive'' * ''Utility Dive'' * ''Waste Dive'' {{columns-end}}
==Awards== Industry Dive publications have received several national and regional Awards of Excellence from the American Society of Business Publication Editors, including for a series of 2020 articles about Big Pharma and the race for the coronavirus vaccine.<ref>{{cite web |title=2021 Azbee Awards of Excellence |url=https://azbeeawards.secure-platform.com/a/gallery/rounds/44/details/19302 |publisher=American Society of Business Publication Editors |access-date=6 July 2021 |archive-date=9 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709183202/https://azbeeawards.secure-platform.com/a/gallery/rounds/44/details/19302 |url-status=live }}</ref>
''The Washington Post'' recognized Industry Dive as a top place to work for four consecutive years, from 2016 to 2020.<ref>{{cite news |title=Top Workplaces 2020 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/business/top-workplaces/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=6 July 2021}}</ref>
== See also == * Digital journalism * Online journalism
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{official website|https://www.industrydive.com/}}
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