Internet of Things Community (IoTC)

What Internet of Things Community (IoTC) does

IoT Community (Internet of Things Community) is a UK-registered private limited company founded in 2015 and headquartered in Ledbury, Herefordshire. It operates the world's largest CxO-led IoT practitioner ecosystem, comprising 50,000+ members globally, and functions as a vendor-neutral membership platform targeting enterprise IoT adopters and technology providers. The core product set includes the IoT Community Platform at iotcommunity.net, the IoTPractitioner.com content portal, the IoT Slam conference series (Live, Grand Slam, Day Slam, Members Slam), the IoT MasterClass educational program with 1,000+ hours of curated content, and nine Centers of Excellence covering Healthcare IoT, AI, Intelligent Manufacturing, Converged Edge, Mobility & Connectivity, Women in IoT, Security, Retail IoT, and Precision Agriculture. In March 2024 the company launched GenAIoT, a new industry solution category fusing Generative AI with AIoT, with founding members SAS, ClearBlade, SoftServe, and Intellias.

The business model is a hybrid B2B community-and-events operation. Revenue is generated from three streams: tiered corporate memberships (Diamond, Platinum, Gold) sold to technology vendors; conference and event registration fees and sponsorships, with events hosted at major technology company campuses (SAS, HPE, Oracle, Phoenix Contact, Verizon); and digital content and education subscriptions via IoT MasterClass and IoTPractitioner.com. Individual practitioner membership is free, supporting the community-led top-of-funnel acquisition motion. The GTM is community-led and event-driven, with named flagship partners including Oracle (Diamond member), KMS Technology (Platinum member since December 2025), Intellias (Platinum member), and Gold members Trilliant Networks, Atomation, and KaaIoT.

The organization is led by Executive Director David Hill and CMO/Co-Founder Kevin Grant, with Dr. Tom Bradicich serving as Advisory Board Chairman. It holds USPTO and UK IPO registered trademarks on IoT Slam, IoT Community, Internet of Things Community, and GenAIoT. Operating geographies span the UK (registered domicile), North America (primary event market), and global virtual reach, with 25+ IoT Slam conferences delivered since inception and the 30th edition scheduled for June 2026 at the Verizon Innovation Lab in San Francisco.

Name

Internet of Things Community (IoTC)

Legal name

IoT Community, Ltd

Website

https://iotcommunity.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

IoT Community is a UK-based operator of the world's largest CxO-led IoT practitioner ecosystem, serving 50,000+ enterprise members and 500+ technology providers through tiered corporate memberships, the IoT Slam conference series, and educational content under the IoT MasterClass and GenAIoT programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

IoT Professional Community and Events Services

NAICS

Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (51621)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAMALAJ

Social Media Management, Scheduling & Community Tools

Business & Public Services/Web, Mobile & Digital Platforms/Advertising, Marketing & Creator Monetization Platforms

SECONDARYHDAAAGAD

Social, Community & Creator Platform Feeds

Hardware, Technology & Telecom/Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning/Recommender Systems & Personalization

Keywords

• IoT community services
• IoT conference events
• Corporate membership programs
• IoT professional education
• Technology thought leadership

Headquarters

HQ city

Ledbury

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Corporate Membership Subscriptions: Multi-tiered corporate membership program (Platinum, Gold, Diamond levels) providing access to the elite IoT ecosystem, advisory board participation, speaking opportunities at IoT Slam events, and visibility through the community platform.
2. Conference and Event Revenue: Registration fees for IoT Slam Live, IoT Grand Slam, IoT Day Slam, and Members Slam conferences (both in-person and virtual attendance). Events generate sponsorship and exhibitor revenue.
3. Digital Content and Education: IoT MasterClass educational programs, IoTPractitioner.com premium content access, and thought leadership content.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

IoT Community operates the world's largest CxO-led IoT ecosystem, providing a vendor-neutral membership community, the IoT Slam international conference series, IoT MasterClass practitioner education, IoTPractitioner.com content portal, GenAIoT industry initiative fusing Generative AI with AIoT, and tiered corporate membership (Platinum, Gold, Diamond) for technology vendors. The core commercial offering is a B2B community-and-events platform monetized through corporate memberships, event sponsorships/registrations, and premium content access for enterprise IoT practitioners and technology providers.

Product overview

The Internet of Things Community operates as a community organization offering a platform-plus-services model rather than a single software product. The core IoT Community Platform (iotcommunity.net) serves as the primary community hub for 50,000+ members, supplemented by the IoTPractitioner.com content portal, the IoT Slam conference series, and the IoT MasterClass educational program delivering 1,000+ hours of content. The GenAIoT initiative (launched March 2024) represents a new industry solution category fusing Generative AI with AIoT. Centers of Excellence provide focused working groups across Healthcare IoT, AI, Intelligent Manufacturing, Converged Edge, Mobility & Connectivity, Women in IoT, Security, Retail IoT, and Precision Agriculture. The IoT Slammys Awards program recognizes industry leadership. Corporate membership tiers (Platinum, Gold, Diamond) provide ecosystem access for technology vendors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• GenAIoT: A new industry solution category launched in March 2024 that fuses Generative AI (GenAI) with the Artificial Internet of Things (AIoT) to operationalize Industrial and Enterprise IoT. It aims to enable faster problem-solving by combining IoT data collection with GenAI analytics and interpretation.
• IoT Slam
• IoT Slammys Awards
• IoTPractitioner.com
• IoT MasterClass

Products and services

• IoT Community Platform The world's largest CxO-led IoT ecosystem comprising 50,000+ elite IoT practitioners, business leaders, and global enterprises, facilitating adoption and application of IoT in commercial environments through collaboration, knowledge sharing, and real-world implementation support. Available as a free individual practitioner membership and tiered corporate memberships.
• IoT Slam Conference Series International IoT conference series (IoT Slam Live, IoT Grand Slam, IoT Day Slam, IoT Members Slam) delivering IoT Strategy, Leadership, Advisory and Methodology (SLAM) content via in-person and virtual events featuring keynotes, expert panels, and networking for enterprise and technology leaders.
• IoT MasterClass Educational program delivering 1,000+ hours of exclusive IoT educational materials and masterclasses covering IoT Core Migration, Digital Twins, Edge Analytics, Industrial Asset Management, PKI and Security, AIoT, Connected Worker, and other practitioner-focused IoT topics.
• GenAIoT A new industry solution category that fuses Generative AI with AIoT to operationalize Industrial and Enterprise IoT, enabling faster problem-solving by combining IoT data collection with GenAI analytics and interpretation. Led by founding members SAS, ClearBlade, SoftServe, and Intellias.
• Corporate Membership Program Multi-tiered corporate membership ecosystem (Platinum, Gold, Diamond levels) offering corporate members visibility, advisory board appointments, keynote opportunities at IoT Slam events, and access to the elite IoT practitioner community.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 50,000 IoT practitioners and business leaders engaged through the community ecosystem
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability15 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• VerizonflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 March 2026Verizon and IoT Community co-host IoT Slam Live 2026 at Verizon Innovation Lab in San Francisco on June 10, 2026. This flagship event explores Connected Edge Intelligence and the convergence of AI, edge computing, and advanced networks. Verizon provides the venue demonstrating private 5G, MEC environments, and distributed edge computing architectures.
• KMS TechnologycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 December 2025KMS Technology joined as Platinum-level corporate member in December 2025. Guy Merritt, CTO, was reappointed to the IoT Community Advisory Board. KMS Technology delivers headline keynote on Agentic AI-Powered Industrial IoT at IoT Grand Slam 2025. Guy Merritt serves as VP of Solutions and Consulting at SoftServe.
• OracleflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 December 2024Oracle is a Diamond-level corporate member with SVP Andrew Morawski appointed to the IoT Community Advisory Board. Oracle delivers headline keynote at IoT Grand Slam 2021. Oracle hosted IoT Grand Slam Live 2024 at Oracle Conference Center in Redwood Shores, California.
• Phoenix ContactcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 September 2024Phoenix Contact hosted IoT Community Members Slam Live 2024 at its US headquarters in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on September 18-19, 2024. This was the 28th IoT Slam conference and the first IoT Community event in the Pennsylvania region.
• Trilliant NetworkscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 June 2024Trilliant Networks joined as Gold-level corporate member in June 2024. Steven Lupo, Managing Director Canada & USA, appointed to IoT Community Advisory Board. Trilliant provides smart grid and smart city communications solutions. First appearance at IoT Slam Live 2024.
• AtomationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 May 2024Atomation joined as Gold-level corporate member in May 2024. Steve Hassell, CEO, appointed to IoT Community Advisory Board. IoT provider focused on industrial IoT solutions.
• ClearBlade InccoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 March 2024ClearBlade is a founding member of GenAIoT initiative launched March 21, 2024. Founder and CEO Eric Simone contributed to GenAIoT vision. ClearBlade provides Intelligent Assets no-code digital twin software. Active participant in IoT Slam events and conference programming.
• SoftServecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 March 2024SoftServe is a founding member of GenAIoT initiative. Guy Merritt, VP of Solutions and Consulting, represented SoftServe. Active participant in IoT Slam conferences contributing expert speakers and thought leadership on AI and IoT convergence.
• KaaIoT TechnologiescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 March 2024KaaIoT joined as Gold-level corporate member in March 2024. Milena Sidler, EVP, appointed to IoT Community Advisory Board. IoT platform provider.
• HPEflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 December 2023HPE hosted IoT Grand Slam Live 2023 at its global headquarters in Houston, Texas. The event featured the inaugural IoT Slammys Awards. HPE provides venue and hospitality for the 25th IoT Slam conference.
• SASflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 June 2023SAS hosts IoT Slam Live 2023 and 2024 at its global headquarters in Cary, North Carolina. The partnership brings the IoT Community to SAS campus for three consecutive years (2022, 2023, 2024). Dr. Tom Bradicich serves as IoT Community Advisory Board Chairman. SAS contributes expert speakers and showcases IoT applications.
• IntelliascoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Intellias joined as Platinum-level corporate member. Volodymyr Demkiv, Senior Delivery Manager/Head of Unit, appointed to IoT Community Advisory Board. Intellias and IoT Community collaborated to launch two new IoT Centers of Excellence: AAIoTCoE (Advancing Automotive with IoT) and PAIoTCoE (Precision Agriculture IoT). Founding member of GenAIoT initiative.
• IBMcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 June 2017IBM was named Headline Sponsor of the inaugural IoT Slam Live Conference in June 2017. IBM delivered headline keynote address and co-hosted the 2-day Enterprise IoT and Machine Learning conference and virtual broadcast at RTP North Carolina.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Industry IoT Consortium: Industry IoT Consortium (IIC, formerly Industrial Internet Consortium) is a global, member-driven organization advancing IoT adoption across industries. It directly parallels IoT Community's mission of convening enterprise IoT practitioners and shaping industry standards through working groups and events.
• IoT Now: IoT Now is a media and community brand covering IoT, M2M, and connected technologies with events, awards, and editorial content aimed at enterprise buyers. It competes in the same practitioner-education and conference space as IoT Community's IoT Slam series.
• IoT M2M Council: The IoT M2M Council is the largest trade association dedicated to the IoT/M2M sector, with a global membership of adopters and providers. It mirrors IoT Community's CxO-targeted, vendor-neutral community model and runs its own events and thought-leadership programs.
• Eclipse IoT Working Group: The Eclipse IoT Working Group is an open-source community of vendors, integrators, and developers building IoT standards and frameworks. It serves a comparable practitioner community for IoT technology collaboration and education, though with a more developer/standards orientation.
• Connected World magazine / Connected World Conference: Connected World is a long-running IoT media brand and event producer targeting enterprise IoT adopters and providers. It serves the same CxO practitioner audience with editorial content, conferences, and awards programs, paralleling IoT Community's IoT Slam and IoT Slammys franchise.

Emerging players

• Bevy: Bevy is a community event platform used by tech companies (including developer and enterprise communities) to run virtual and in-person events. It overlaps with IoT Community's event-driven GTM motion and represents both a potential infrastructure partner and a community-format competitor.
• Circle: Circle is a SaaS community platform enabling brands to build paid and free online communities. It overlaps with IoT Community's practitioner portal model (IoTPractitioner.com), and represents both a potential tooling alternative and a competitor format.

Broad incumbents

• Informa Tech: Informa Tech runs large enterprise technology events and media properties including IoT Tech Expo, embedded world, and IoT-related conferences. It competes for the same IoT practitioner audience and sponsorship dollars as IoT Slam, with broader portfolio scale.
• Omdia: Omdia is a global research and advisory firm covering IoT, AI, and enterprise technology with events, research subscriptions, and executive briefings. It competes for the same CxO IoT audience with deeper research IP but less community-event focus.
• IoT Analytics: IoT Analytics is a leading IoT market research firm publishing reports, hosting events, and convening executives. It overlaps with IoT Community's thought-leadership and enterprise content model, with a stronger research-data orientation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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