Di4 -Engaging for Digitalization in Infrastructure, Investment, Innovation and Industry

Name

Di4 -Engaging for Digitalization in Infrastructure, Investment, Innovation and Industry

Legal name

Di4 e.V.

Website

https://diiii.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industry Association / Digital Infrastructure Networking

SIC

Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)

akta.pro primary industry

Digital Development & ICT4D / GovTech Technical Assistance (BPADAEAL)

Keywords

• Digital infrastructure networking
• Investor match-making events
• Industry association services
• Digital transformation summits
• Professional networking events

Headquarters

HQ city

Munich

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership fees and event revenue: Di4 is a non-profit association (Di4 e.V.) that generates revenue through membership fees and event participation. All funding goes entirely toward operations and the annual Di4 Summit in Munich. The organization is led by a pro bono board.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Di4 is a non-profit association (Di4 e.V.) that fosters engagement for digital infrastructure, investment, innovation, and industry. Its core offerings are the annual Di4 Summit in Munich and a year-round program of workshops, regional events, and media partnerships that match-make European investors, asset owners, industry leaders, and policymakers around concrete transactions in digital infrastructure.

Product overview

Di4 is a non-profit association focused on community engagement for digital infrastructure, investment, innovation, and industry promotion. The organization operates as a networking and matchmaking platform rather than a product company. Its primary offerings include the annual Di4 Summit in Munich, regular knowledge exchange events, and networking opportunities between investors, industry leaders, asset owners, and related stakeholders. The organization does not offer technology products, software platforms, or SaaS solutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Di4 Summit (Annual Digital Infrastructure Investment Summit) Annual flagship summit held in Munich that gathers European investors, asset owners, and policymakers to drive digital growth and competitiveness through expert-led keynotes and interactive workshops focused on the future of Europe's digital infrastructure.
• Di4 Regional Workshops and Events Year-round program of regional and topical workshops (e.g., Data Center Workshop, State Guarantees Workshop, regional fiber workshops in Bavaria, Weißwurst Kongress Singapur, Apertus AI workshop, Women in Digital Infrastructure event) for members and stakeholders in the DACH region and select international locations.
• Di4 Membership Membership in the Di4 e.V. non-profit association, providing access to the annual Di4 Summit, regional workshops, the member area, newsletter, and networking opportunities with European investors, asset owners, industry leaders, and policymakers in digital infrastructure.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• FTTH Council EuropeminorGTM or Marketing PartnerDi4 serves as an official media partner for the FTTH Conference, one of the world's largest fiber summits. The partnership provides visibility for Di4 among FTTH industry professionals and demonstrates Di4's involvement in fiber and digital infrastructure sectors.
• Various Industry Event OrganizersminorGTM or Marketing PartnerDi4 partners with various event organizers including Connected Germany, CloudFest, Fiberdays, Telecoms World Asia, and others as media partner or co-organizer, extending its reach across the digital infrastructure ecosystem.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Telecoms World Asia: Large Asia-focused telecoms and digital infrastructure conference. Di4 participated in 2023 as part of its international expansion, sharing the same digital infrastructure investor/operator audience but focused on a different geography.
• Münchner Kreis: Munich-based independent platform on digitalization, networking, and policy. Di4 co-hosted a networking evening with Münchner Kreis in 2022; both serve DACH-region digital policy and industry stakeholders.

Direct peers

• Connected Germany: Annual digital infrastructure conference for Germany. Di4 participates as a media partner (2022, 2023); both organizations serve the same investor/telecom/asset owner audience in the German digital infrastructure ecosystem.
• German Datacenter Association (GDA): German data center industry association running events like the German Datacenter Conference (which Di4 participated in 2022). Both are non-profit associations in the DACH digital infrastructure space with overlapping membership and policy missions.
• FTTH Council Europe: Industry association running the FTTH Conference, the largest European fiber-to-the-home summit. Di4 is a media partner for FTTH Conference (2022 Vienna, 2023, 2024), making it a direct adjacent peer in digital infrastructure match-making and event organization.
• Proximo Infrastructure: Organizer of European digital infrastructure finance events. Di4 has participated in Proximo events (2022, 2023), and both serve the financing/investor side of the European digital infrastructure ecosystem.
• CloudFest: Major European cloud and hosting infrastructure event where Di4 has participated as a media partner (2021, 2023). Both target digital infrastructure decision-makers and share an overlapping exhibitor and attendee base.
• BUGLAS (Fiberdays): German broadband industry association organizing the Fiberdays event focused on fiber rollout in Germany. Di4 has co-participated (2022, 2023); both serve broadband/digital infrastructure investors and operators in the DACH market.
• Submarine Networks World: Annual event for the submarine cable and global digital infrastructure industry. Di4 has participated (2023); both serve digital infrastructure investors and asset owners in adjacent sub-sectors.

Broad incumbents

• Digital X (Deutsche Telekom): Deutsche Telekom's flagship digitalization event covering digital infrastructure, IoT, and enterprise digitalization. As a much larger, corporate-backed event, it competes for the same enterprise digital infrastructure audience but at significantly larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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