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. In 2016, it began its Dive Awards. Industry Dive's revenues quadrupled from 2015 to 2018, 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. In 2020, DCA Live named Industry Dive to its "Red Hot Companies" list, which recognizes the D.C. area's 'fastest-growing' companies. In the same year, Industry Dive acquired
CFO. In 2021, Industry Dive acquired PharmaVOICE. In 2022, it was purchased by
Informa plc, which bought its majority stake from Falfurrias Capital Partners for about $530 million. ==Publications==