INOMICS

What INOMICS does

INOMICS GmbH is a Berlin-based, privately held online platform operating as a vertical marketplace and content hub dedicated to the economics profession. Founded in 2016 (originally as 11 Academia Networks GmbH, rebranded to INOMICS in March 2022), the company aggregates academic and industry job listings, degree programs (PhD, Master's, MBA, Bachelor's), courses and summer schools, scholarships and fellowships, conferences, and institutional directories for a global audience of economists, economics students, and recruiters. The 11-50-employee company operates from a single headquarters in Berlin-Charlottenburg under managing directors Andreas F. Hoffmann and Christopher P. Nash, with a recent address update in November 2024 signaling continued operational investment.

The platform is built as a web-based content aggregation and listings system rather than a proprietary software product. Its technical stack combines a public-facing job board and course/program directory with supporting content products: the INOMICS Academy (educational content and study guides), the INOMICS Handbook (annual career guide), the INOMICS Blog and Advice Center, and the INOMICS Salary Report (annual market research). Integrations include Mailchimp for email engagement, Salesforce for customer data, Google Analytics and Hotjar for web analytics, and Facebook/Google for social login. No native mobile app, public API, or proprietary AI/ML capabilities are disclosed. The company holds GDPR compliance and a climate-neutral website certification.

INOMICS generates revenue primarily through advertising and listing fees on two sides of a marketplace. Academic institutions, universities, business schools, and research institutes pay to promote courses, programs, conferences, and jobs to the economics-specialized audience, while recruiters and employers pay to post job listings and gain visibility. Distribution is delivered through a self-serve web platform for SMB/individual buyers and direct sales for enterprise institutional clients. Go-to-market relies on content marketing and SEO for economics-related keywords, email-based personalized opportunity alerts, and partnerships with academic associations including the American Economic Association, RePEc, The Economics Network, and the European Regional Science Association. The company has no disclosed external funding and operates as a bootstrapped, founder-controlled entity.

Name

INOMICS

Legal name

INOMICS GmbH

Website

https://inomics.com/

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

INOMICS is a Berlin-based online marketplace that aggregates jobs, courses, degree programs, scholarships, and conferences for economists and economics students worldwide, monetizing primarily through institutional and recruiter advertising listings.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Recruiter/Advertiser Fees: Recruiters and employers pay to post job listings, advertise positions, and gain visibility among INOMICS's economics-focused audience. Advertisers can place commercial content and banner advertising on the platform.
2. Content Promotion for Institutions: Universities, business schools, and academic institutions pay to promote courses, summer schools, PhD programs, and conferences to the INOMICS audience of economists and economics students.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

INOMICS is a specialized online platform that aggregates and curates job postings, courses, academic programs, scholarships, and conferences for the economics profession. Universities, business schools, research institutions, and recruiters pay to post listings and advertise to INOMICS's audience, while economists, students, and academics use the platform free of charge to search opportunities, receive personalized alerts, and access career resources such as salary reports and study guides.

Product overview

INOMICS is a specialized career and academic platform for economists, operating as a unified multi-service portal. The core platform integrates a job board (featuring academic and industry positions), course directory (summer schools, online courses, professional training), academic programs database (PhD, Master's, MBA, Bachelor's), scholarship finder, conference listings, and an institution directory. Supporting products include the INOMICS Academy (educational content and resources), INOMICS Handbook (annual career guide), INOMICS Blog (editorial content), and the INOMICS Salary Report (annual market research). The platform enables recruiters to post opportunities and users to create profiles, receive personalized email alerts, and access curated content across the economics job market ecosystem.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• INOMICS Conferences A listing of academic conferences, workshops, exhibitions, and fairs for economists, including online and hybrid event options, submitted by academic organizers and associations.
• INOMICS Job Board A specialized job board for economists featuring academic positions (Professor, Assistant Professor, Postdoc, PhD, Researcher) and industry positions across all seniority levels, posted by universities, research institutes, and corporate recruiters.
• INOMICS Course Directory A directory of educational courses including Summer/Winter Schools, Online Courses, Professional Training, and Supplementary Courses for economics professionals and students, listed by universities and training providers worldwide.
• INOMICS Programs A directory of academic programs including PhD Programs, Master's Programs, MBA Programs, and Bachelor's Programs offered by universities and business schools worldwide.
• INOMICS Scholarships A database of funding opportunities including Fellowships, Postgraduate and Undergraduate Scholarships, Prizes & Contests, Financial Aid, and Research/Project Funding, aggregated from foundations, universities, and government bodies.
• INOMICS Academy An educational content platform offering an Economics Terms A-Z glossary, study guides, and educator resources for teaching economics, hosted separately at academy.inomics.com.
• INOMICS Handbook An annual publication providing career guidance, study advice, and industry insights for economists, including interviews with prominent economists, accessible at inomics.com/handbook.
• INOMICS EconDirectory A directory of economic institutions including universities, graduate schools, research institutes, banks, publishers, journals, and associations, accessible at inomics.com/top/institutions.
• INOMICS Salary Report An annual report analyzing economics job market salaries across countries, sectors, positions, and demographic factors including gender and education level, accessible at inomics.com/salary-report.

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Partnerships

17 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Springer NaturecoreGTM or Marketing PartnerEducation industry partner. Springer Nature advances discovery by publishing research and supporting knowledge development. They provide quality content through innovative platforms and products reaching millions globally.
• IELTScoreGTM or Marketing PartnerInternational English Language Testing System, the world's proven English language test. Recognized by over 9,000 organizations worldwide for education, immigration, and professional accreditation.
• RePEc (Research Papers in Economics)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative effort of hundreds of volunteers in 86 countries to enhance dissemination of research in Economics. Decentralized bibliographic database of working papers, journal articles, books, and software components.
• Faculty of Economics and Administration, Masaryk UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides education to nearly 4,500 students in economics, financial management, economic policy, and regional development. Focuses on Transportation Economics, Experimental Economics, and Nonprofit sector research.
• RECSM, Universitat Pompeu FabraminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch and Expertise Centre for Survey Methodology. Multidisciplinary centre focusing on research in survey methodology, survey data analysis, and experimental design.
• Mendel University in BrnominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOldest business school in Moravia with accreditation for all degree levels. Active involvement in European research programmes including Horizon 2020 and Erasmus+.
• UniplacesminorGTM or Marketing PartnerStudent accommodation marketplace. INOMICS users receive 15% discount on Uniplaces service fee for booking mid and long-term rentals.
• The Economics NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLargest academic organization devoted to improving teaching and learning of economics in higher education. Offers training, resources, and hosts Europe's premier international Economics education conference.
• American Economic Association (AEA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPreeminent association for academics and others in economics. Publishes the American Economic Review and hosts annual meetings with job placement services.
• European Regional Science Association (ERSA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupranational grouping of national and regional science associations across Europe.
• WINIR (World Interdisciplinary Network for Institutional Research)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBrings together researchers devoted to studying institutions and organisations of economic and social life. Organizes conferences and symposia globally.
• International Association of Energy Economics (IAEE)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal nonprofit professional organization providing interdisciplinary forum for professionals interested in energy economics.
• ACRN Oxford (Academic Research Network)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounded as joint venture by three European business schools. Hosts academic conferences and summer schools in social and managerial sciences.
• New Economic Papers (NEP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnnouncement service filtering new additions to RePEc into edited reports, providing subscribers with up-to-date information on research literature.
• International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences (IISES)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndependent nonprofit institution promoting research and knowledge dissemination. Facilitates communication between scholars, researchers, and practitioners.
• PreplyminorGTM or Marketing PartnerGlobal online marketplace for learning with over 60,000 tutors teaching over 70 subjects. Mission to help people learn anything faster.
• LearnPick (USA, Canada, UK)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerOnline platform connecting students and tutors. Has helped connect millions of tutors and students in 15+ countries across the world.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• American Economic Association (AEA) Job Openings for Economists (JOE): The AEA's JOE is the dominant North American economics-specific academic job board and direct competitor to INOMICS. Both serve the same economist job-seeker and recruiter base, with overlapping institutional customers (e.g., economics departments at major universities).
• HigherEdJobs: HigherEdJobs is a leading general academic job board covering positions across all disciplines. It competes directly with INOMICS for paid recruiter spend in academia and offers an overlapping directory of higher education employers.
• Academic Positions: Academic Positions is a European academic job board aggregating academic jobs, PhD positions, and research opportunities across disciplines. Comparable to INOMICS in serving academic job seekers and recruiters via a paid listings model.
• AcademicTransfer: AcademicTransfer is a Dutch-founded European academic job platform specializing in researcher and academic positions. It is a direct competitor to INOMICS for European academic recruiter spend and candidate traffic.

Regional players

• jobs.ac.uk: jobs.ac.uk is the leading UK-focused academic job board operated by JISC. It serves a similar academic recruiter and job-seeker audience as INOMICS but is geographically concentrated in the UK higher education market.
• The Economics Network: The Economics Network is the largest UK academic organization for economics teaching and learning. It is a partner of INOMICS but also operates complementary resources and conferences for the UK economics education community, making it a thematically adjacent peer.

Broad incumbents

• LinkedIn: LinkedIn is the dominant global professional networking platform with a massive job board. While not specialized in economics, it competes with INOMICS for recruiter spend and economics candidate traffic at scale.
• Indeed: Indeed is the largest general-purpose job board globally and is a broad incumbent competitor for industry-side economist hiring. INOMICS competes for recruiter budgets against Indeed's massive reach and pay-per-click pricing.
• ResearchGate: ResearchGate is a large academic social network with job listings and researcher profiles. It overlaps with INOMICS's audience (academics, researchers) and competes for institutional employer attention in the academic recruitment market.
• Nature Careers (Springer Nature): Nature Careers is a major scientific and academic job platform operated by Springer Nature, an INOMICS partner. It serves adjacent academic recruitment verticals and competes for institutional advertising spend across the broader academic market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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