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Industry Dive
Industry	online B2B news source
Founded	2012; 13 years ago
Founders	Sean Griffey; Eli Dickinson; Ryan Willumson;
Headquarters	Washington, D.C., United States
Owner	Independent (2012–19); Falfurrias Capital Partners (2019–22); Informa plc (2022–present);
Website	www.industrydive.com

Industry Dive is an online business-to-business news organization, with an estimated 13 million readers across more than 25 industries, including banking and waste management. Since 2022, it has been owned by Informa plc, which bought its majority stake from Falfurrias Capital Partners for about $530 million.

Industry Dive writes for executives using their mobile phones.^[1] The company has reported revenues of $30 million to $60 million, mostly from selling ads.^[when?] As of 2020, it has more than 300 employees, including 80 journalists and 12 engineers. Its headquarters is in Washington, D.C.^[2]

History

Industry Dive was formed in 2012 by Sean Griffey (president), Eli Dickinson (chief technology officer) and Ryan Willumson (chief revenue officer) and funded with $900,000 from private investors in 2012 and 2013. The company started by covering five industries: construction, education, marketing, utility, and waste.^[3]^[4]

In 2016, it began its Dive Awards. Industry Dive's revenues quadrupled from 2015 to 2018,^[quantify] 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.^[5]

In 2020, DCA Live named Industry Dive to its "Red Hot Companies" list, which recognizes the D.C. area's 'fastest-growing' companies.^[6] In the same year, Industry Dive acquired CFO.^[7]^[8] In 2021, Industry Dive acquired PharmaVOICE.^[9]

In 2022, it was purchased by Informa plc, which bought its majority stake from Falfurrias Capital Partners for about $530 million.^[10]^[11]

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:^[12]^{[third-party source needed]}

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
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
Transport Dive
Utility Dive
Waste Dive

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.^[13]

The Washington Post recognized Industry Dive as a top place to work for four consecutive years, from 2016 to 2020.^[14]