IDC - About the company
IDC is an acquired company based in Needham (United States), founded in 1964. It operates as a Provider of market intelligence, research advisory services, and events for multi-industry. IDC has raised an undisclosed amount in funding. The company has 26 active competitors, including 3 funded and 5 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Premise, Cint and Prevedere.
Company Details
Provider of market intelligence, research advisory services, and events for multi-industry. The organization comprises an analyst team, which conducts research on various sectors, related to market size, trend analysis, and forecasting events for the information technology, telecommunications, and consumer technology markets. The advisory solutions include landscape analysis, partner ecosystem briefing, marketing & sales effectiveness, and investment research services. The company examines markets related to devices, applications, networks, and offers advisory services, events, and content marketing.
- Website
- www.idc.com/
- Email ID
- *****@idc.com
- Phone Number
- +1 **********
- Part Of
- idg.com
Key Metrics
Founded Year
1964
Location
Needham, United States
Stage
Acquired
Latest Funding Round
Investors
Ranked
3rd among 26 active competitors
Annual Revenue
€18.1K as on Dec 31, 2014
Employee Count
207 as on Oct 31, 2024
Exit Details
Acquired by Desktop (Dec 05, 2022)
Legal entities associated with IDC
IDC is associated with 11 legal entities given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Net Profit | Employee Count |
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Dec 14, 2005 | - | 629 | 695 | |
Jan 28, 2004 | - | 780 | 227 | |
Oct 03, 2001 | - | 923 | 873 | |
Jan 05, 1999 | - | 934 | 451 | |
Feb 04, 1998 | - | 750 | 880 | |
Apr 05, 2019 | - | 552 | 923 | |
Jun 19, 2010 | $24.1K (as on Dec 31, 2014) | 883 | 441 | |
Jul 15, 2010 | $762 (as on Dec 31, 2022) | 332 | 588 | |
Nov 04, 2018 | - | 852 | 723 | |
May 10, 2005 | $14.6M (as on Mar 31, 2022) | 929 | 387 | |
Feb 25, 1964 | - | 481 | 871 |
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IDC's acquisition details
IDC got acquired by Desktop on Dec 05, 2022 at an acquisition amount of $17.2M.
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IDC's funding and investors
IDC has raised funding over 25 rounds. Its first funding round was on Jul 01, 2014. Its latest funding round was a Grant (prize money) round on Nov 01, 2022 for $89K. 1 investor participated in its latest round, which include European Union and TAEVAST.
IDC has 2 institutional investors including European Union and TAEVAST.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of IDC:
Date of funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post money valuation | Revenue multiple | Investors |
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Nov 01, 2022 | $89K | Grant (prize money) | 4132116 | 9868373 | |
Oct 01, 2022 | $443K | Grant (prize money) | 6188611 | 2889081 | |
Sep 01, 2022 | $297K | Grant (prize money) | 9400805 | 6612043 |
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IDC's founders and board of directors
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IDC has 207 employees as of Oct 24. The total employee count is 7.0% lower than what it was in Oct 23. Here is IDC's employee count trend over the years:Access Tracxn on any website
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IDC's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of IDC include Premise, Cint and Prevedere. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of IDC, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Overall Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st | Premise 2012, San Francisco (United States), Series E | Crowdsourced real-time offline economic data tracking | $152M | 72/100 | |
2nd | Market research platform | $26.4M | 67/100 | ||
3rd | IDC 1964, Needham (United States), Acquired | Provider of market intelligence, research advisory services, and events for multi-industry | - | 56/100 | |
4th | Prevedere 2012, Columbus (United States), Acquired | Economic data analysis using Bigdata and analytics | $61.2M | 50/100 | |
5th | ISI Emerging Markets Group 1992, London (United Kingdom), Acquired | Provider of market intelligence and insights for investment decisions | - | - | 46/100 |
6th | Morning Consult 2013, New York City (United States), Series B | Provider of management consulting services | $86M | 45/100 | |
7th | IRI 1979, Chicago (United States), Acquired | Provider of market research and advertising services | $125M | 43/100 | |
8th | Fairhair.ai 2017, San Francisco (United States), Unfunded | AI-based insight platform to access online data sources | - | - | 25/100 |
9th | Pivotl 2005, London (United Kingdom), Deadpooled | Technology sector tracking startup. | $5.49M | 24/100 | |
10th | Data and insights for business decisions | - | 24/100 |
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IDC's Investments and acquisitions
IDC has made 3 investments in companies including Smoothy and Torum. IDC has also acquired 2 companies including ETBS and Metri. Here is the list of investments & acquisitions:
Date of Investment/Acquisition | Type | Company Name | Founded Year | Location |
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Nov 16, 2022 | Acquisition | 2005 | Lakesland, Australia | |
May 18, 2021 | Acquisition | 2003 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | |
Apr 20, 2021 | Investments | 2020 |
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Reports related to IDC
Here is the latest report on IDC's sector:
News related to IDC
Media has covered IDC for a total of 23 events in the last 1 year, 13 of them have been about company updates and 2 about partnerships.
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QuanZhi Technology Completes Tens of Millions of Yuan Pre-A Round FinancingEastmoney•Apr 23, 2025•IDC
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IDC: Global AI IT investment will reach $315.8 billion in 2024 and is expected to increase to $815.9 billion in 2028citnews.com.cn•Apr 07, 2025•IDC
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Confluent launches tools in cloud for simpler AI appsChannelLife•Mar 24, 2025•Confluent, Airy, McKinsey, IDC
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IDC Overseas concludes debt exchange, extends maturity on 9.0% notes to 2030Business News Today•Mar 22, 2025•IDC
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IDC Overseas, Ltd. Announces Expiration and Results of Exchange Offer of its Outstanding 9.0% Notes due 2026PR Newswire•Mar 22, 2025•IDC
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Curve secures £37M to launch Curve Pay in 2025, nearing profitability.Fintech Finance•Mar 14, 2025•Curve, Hanaco Ventures, Fuel Ventures, IDC and 2 others
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ServiceNow and NVIDIA Announce AI Agents for Telecom IndustryChannel Post Middle East & Africa•Mar 03, 2025•ServiceNow, NVIDIA, McKinsey, IDC
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IDC Unveils TechMatch, Revolutionizing Enterprise Software Selection with AIBusiness Wire•Feb 27, 2025•IDC
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