Informationsdienst Wissenschaft - idw

Name

Informationsdienst Wissenschaft - idw

Legal name

Informationsdienst Wissenschaft e. V.

Website

https://idw-online.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

idw operates a free, web-based science news distribution platform that aggregates and publishes press releases from universities, research institutes, and scientific organizations primarily in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. The platform provides an events calendar, expert database, picture library, personalized email newsletter subscription, and native mobile apps for iOS and Android to connect scientific institutions with journalists and the general public. A content partner API enables external platforms to syndicate idw science news.

Product overview

Informationsdienst Wissenschaft (idw) operates a comprehensive science news distribution platform that syndicates press releases from German-speaking research institutions. The core offering consists of the news service, events calendar, expert database, and picture library. The platform supports a multi-language interface (German/English), regional coverage across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, and offers a personalized newsletter subscription service delivered via email. Mobile access is provided through native iOS and Android applications. The platform maintains a quality assurance program and an annual science award.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• AlphaGalileo Foundation: AlphaGalileo is a London-based research news distribution service serving European research institutions. It directly parallels idw as a press release and contact directory for science journalists, targeting a similar but broader European audience.
• Science Daily: Science Daily aggregates and distributes science news and press releases to a general public audience. While more consumer-oriented than idw, it competes for science news attention and shares the same content aggregation/distribution model.
• Phys.org: Phys.org is a science and technology news web portal that aggregates press releases and research news. It overlaps with idw in distributing research findings to the public and media.
• EurekAlert! (AAAS): EurekAlert!, operated by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, is the leading global platform for science press release distribution. It is a direct peer of idw in functionality, serving the same journalist and institutional researcher use cases.

Broad incumbents

• dpa (Deutsche Presse-Agentur): Germany's primary news wire service covers science stories alongside general news. While broader in scope, dpa competes with idw for science journalist attention and sometimes distributes scientific press releases to media outlets.
• Wiley / Springer Nature press services: Major academic publishers (Wiley, Springer Nature) operate their own institutional press release channels and media services. While broader and commercial in nature, they overlap with idw on science news dissemination to journalists.

Emerging players

• AlphaGalileo / Research News Europe network: European-focused research news services with partial overlap to idw's DACH coverage. These regional players intersect with idw on specific country or topic coverage but do not match its integrated event/expert offering.
• Forschungsportal / GERiT (German Research Information): GERiT and similar German research information portals connect researchers with media and industry. They share idw's expert-database and researcher-visibility mission but focus on researcher discovery rather than news distribution.

Others

• Informationsdienst der Deutschen Wirtschaft (idw) - press services: Specialized press services and information brokers in Germany serve as adjacent infrastructure providers. They enable content distribution workflows similar to idw but target different verticals (e.g., business, trade).

Regional players

• APA (Austria Press Agency) Science: APA is Austria's national press agency with a science/news wire service. It serves Austrian and broader German-language media with wire-style science news, partially overlapping with idw's distribution function in the DACH region.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/idwonline
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/informationsdienst-wissenschaft---idw

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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