What GLOBIT does

GLOBIT – Global Information Technology GmbH is a privately held German software firm headquartered in Barsbüttel (greater Hamburg), founded in 1997–1998 as a spin-off of the Fraunhofer Institute. The company builds and operates K-IMPACT, a proprietary integrated software platform aimed at two tightly defined customer segments: scientific and professional associations (Fachgesellschaften) in the medical and scientific fields, and organizers of medical/scientific congresses. GLOBIT employs between 11 and 50 people and is led by Managing Director Hermann Hanser.

K-IMPACT is composed of two core modules. AO Association Online handles membership management: member self-service portals, segmentation, personalized educational content delivery, automated newsletters, working group management, and engagement tools. CO Congress Online® (a registered trademark) handles congress operations, including participant registration, online program management, virtual and hybrid event delivery, video-on-demand, interactive Q&A, CME certificate generation, and content archiving. The platform is designed with open architecture to integrate with existing customer software via interfaces, addressing what GLOBIT identifies as a common pain point: data being manually transferred rather than exchanged between systems.

GLOBIT's commercial model combines recurring platform subscriptions (K-IMPACT) with strategic-partnership professional services structured as a multi-stage consultative engagement (initial 30–45 minute consultation, 45–60 minute follow-up, then proposal and implementation). Pricing is not publicly disclosed; proposals are custom-built. Distribution is direct (website, phone, email), and the company claims a worldwide customer footprint from its single German office. No external investors, funding rounds, acquisitions, subsidiaries, or API/SDK offerings are disclosed in the available sources.

Name

GLOBIT

Legal name

GLOBIT – Global Information Technology GmbH

Website

https://globit.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

GLOBIT is a German software firm, spun off from the Fraunhofer Institute in 1997, that builds the K-IMPACT platform for scientific associations and medical congress organizers, offering membership management (AO Association Online) and virtual/hybrid congress management (CO Congress Online®).

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Association and Congress Management Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Core LMS Platforms (Academic & Corporate) (EDAFAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

LMS Integrations, Interoperability & Identity (LTI/SCORM/xAPI, SSO, APIs) (EDAFAAAI), Online Learning Content & Course Publishing Platforms (BPAMAJAL)

Keywords

• Scientific association software
• Congress management platform
• Membership management software
• Virtual event software
• Medical congress solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Barsbüttel

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Software Platform (K-IMPACT): GLOBIT provides its proprietary K-IMPACT software platform for scientific associations and congress organizers, likely through subscription or licensing arrangements. The platform is described as being precisely tailored to association management and congress organization requirements.
2. Strategic Partnership Services: Consulting and partnership services including organizational analysis, requirements assessment, solution development, and implementation support for scientific associations. The company emphasizes long-term partnership over one-off projects.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

GLOBIT develops and sells the proprietary K-IMPACT software platform for scientific associations and medical congress organizers. The platform bundles two core modules — AO Association Online for membership administration, member engagement, segmentation, and educational content delivery, and CO Congress Online® for planning and running virtual, hybrid, and on-site congresses including registration, video-on-demand, Q&A, and CME certification. The offering is delivered together with consultative strategic partnership services that span requirements analysis, integration with existing systems, and implementation support.

Product overview

GLOBIT offers the K-IMPACT integrated software platform, a unified platform-plus-modules architecture designed specifically for scientific associations and congress organizers. The platform comprises two core modules: AO Association Online (for membership management, self-service, segmentation, educational content, newsletters, and working group organization) and CO Congress Online® (for virtual/hybrid congresses, participant registration, online programs, video-on-demand, interactive Q&A, and CME certificate management). The modules are tightly integrated to create automated processes that minimize administrative effort and leverage data across both association and congress operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• K-IMPACT: Integrated software platform for scientific associations and congress organizers, comprising AO Association Online and CO Congress Online® modules.
• AO Association Online
• CO Congress Online®

Products and services

• K-IMPACT Proprietary integrated software platform developed in-house by GLOBIT and tailored to the needs of scientific associations and medical congress organizers. It bundles membership management (AO Association Online) and congress/event management (CO Congress Online®) into a single platform with open integration capabilities for connecting to existing association software systems.
• AO Association Online Membership management module of the K-IMPACT platform providing a member self-service portal, member segmentation, personalized educational content delivery, automated newsletters, working group management, and member engagement tools for scientific and professional associations.
• CO Congress Online® Congress management module of the K-IMPACT platform enabling planning and execution of virtual, hybrid, and on-site congresses, with participant registration, online program management, video-on-demand portal, interactive Q&A, CME certificate generation, and content archiving. Targeted at medical and scientific congress organizers.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Fraunhofer Institute (Historical Origin)foundationalOthersGLOBIT originated as a spin-off of the Fraunhofer Institute, bringing profound expertise in applied IT. This heritage forms the foundation of the company's technical competence and approach to serving scientific associations.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Cadmium: Cadmium (formerly CadmiumCD) provides an integrated suite of event, abstract, speaker, and association management software widely adopted by scientific and medical associations — directly overlapping with GLOBIT's combined AO Association Online + CO Congress Online® offering.
• Personify (Community Brands): Personify is a leading association management software (AMS) vendor serving professional, scientific, and trade associations with member databases, engagement tools, and event functionality — directly competing with GLOBIT's membership and congress modules.
• Pathable: Pathable is an event management platform purpose-built for associations and conferences, with hybrid and virtual event capabilities, attendee engagement, and content delivery — competing closely with GLOBIT's CO Congress Online® module.
• MemberClicks (Community Brands): MemberClicks provides association management software for small-to-mid-sized professional and scientific associations, covering member databases, events, communications, and learning — directly comparable to GLOBIT's K-IMPACT for smaller Fachgesellschaften.
• Wild Apricot (Personify): Wild Apricot is an AMS targeting small associations and nonprofits, with built-in membership, event, and website functionality — overlapping with GLOBIT's member self-service and event tooling at the small-association end of the segment.
• YourMembership (Community Brands): YourMembership provides AMS, learning management, and event solutions to associations and member-based organizations — directly competing with GLOBIT's K-IMPACT across membership, learning, and event workflows.

Broad incumbents

• Cvent: Cvent is a large, well-capitalized event management platform offering registration, venue sourcing, virtual/hybrid event delivery, and attendee engagement — competing with GLOBIT's congress management but serving a much broader customer base across industries.
• Eventbrite: Eventbrite is a large-scale event ticketing and management platform with growing virtual event capabilities. While not association-focused, it competes at the low end of GLOBIT's congress registration and event-management use cases.

Emerging players

• vFairs: vFairs is a virtual and hybrid event platform used by associations and enterprises for online conferences, exhibitions, and content delivery — a partial overlap with GLOBIT's CO Congress Online® module for hybrid congresses.
• Hubilo: Hubilo offers a virtual and hybrid event platform with attendee engagement, networking, and content features. It targets associations and enterprises and overlaps with GLOBIT's hybrid congress and member engagement capabilities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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