Federazione Italiana Gioco Bridge

What Federazione Italiana Gioco Bridge does

Federazione Italiana Gioco Bridge (FIGB) is the Italian national federation for the card game bridge, founded in 1999 and operating as a non-profit with approximately 20 employees. The organization maintains the Infobridge educational portal (infobridge.it, created in 2004) as its primary digital presence, offering free-access Italian-language content covering player biographies, bidding systems, championship coverage (Bermuda Bowl, World Olympiads, EBL European Championships, NABC), practice hands, quizzes, conventions, rules, and statistical analyses.

Its core products are content-based rather than technology-based: the Infobridge website, a quarterly newsletter published since 2007 with 80+ editions, the Rosa dei Venti research project comprising 54 bidding system booklets produced between 2011 and 2017, the Reader's Corner (Angolo dei Lettori) for community-submitted articles, and an ongoing 'Ambiguous' educational series. Google Translate is leveraged for multilingual reach but there is no proprietary AI/ML component. Distribution is entirely digital and self-serve; a community BBO nickname directory and a Facebook page (marco.troiani.14) supplement audience reach.

FIGB does not disclose pricing, paid products, sponsorships, membership dues, or any monetisation mechanism in the available data; pricing is explicitly noted as not publicly disclosed. The federation therefore functions as a volunteer- and content-driven educational publisher for Italian bridge players of all skill levels, with the main federative website (federbridge.it) operating separately from the Infobridge informational portal.

Name

Federazione Italiana Gioco Bridge

Website

https://infobridge.it

Company type

Private

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Federazione Italiana Gioco Bridge is an Italian non-profit bridge federation founded in 1999, maintaining the Infobridge educational portal that publishes Italian-language articles, player biographies, championship coverage, quizzes, and a quarterly newsletter for bridge players and enthusiasts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Federazione Italiana Gioco Bridge operates the Infobridge website (infobridge.it), a free Italian-language educational portal on the card game of bridge. The portal publishes thematic articles, player biographies, championship coverage (Bermuda Bowl, Olympiads, European Championships, NABC), bidding-system education, interactive quizzes, and practice hands. It is supplemented by a quarterly Newsletter (in publication since 2007) and the Rosa dei Venti research series on bidding systems.

Product overview

Infobridge is an Italian bridge educational portal offering comprehensive bridge content including articles, championship news, player biographies, newsletters, and learning resources. The core platform is the Infobridge website which provides access to various content offerings: the quarterly Newsletter covering bridge world facts and anecdotes (spanning 2007-2026 with 81 issues), the Reader's Corner featuring selected reader-submitted articles, the Rosa dei Venti research project with 54 volumes on bidding systems across three editions, championship coverage including Bermuda Bowl, Olympiads, and North American Championships, extensive biographies of bridge players, and educational materials on bridge techniques like double squeeze analysis. The site also features Quiz sections for player training and an ongoing Ambiguous educational series.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Infobridge Website Free Italian-language educational portal on the card game of bridge, providing thematic articles, player biographies, championship coverage, bidding-system education, interactive quizzes, and practice hands. Created 2 January 2004 and continuously updated.
• Infobridge Newsletter Quarterly magazine-style PDF publication distributed since 2007, covering bridge world facts, anecdotes, and news. Free distribution to bridge enthusiasts.
• Rosa dei Venti Multi-volume research publication on bridge bidding systems and system developments, available in three editions between 2007 and 2017, totaling 54 booklets on bidding techniques.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• American Contract Bridge League (ACBL): The dominant North American bridge organization with formal membership, tournament infrastructure, and educational resources. Comparable as a federation-style publisher of bridge education and championship coverage, operating at much larger scale.
• European Bridge League (EBL): Regional federation overseeing European bridge championships — many of which are documented on Infobridge. Operates the same content categories (tournaments, federations, halls of fame) at a transnational level.
• World Bridge Federation (WBF): The global governing body for bridge whose Bermuda Bowl and Olympiad coverage is a core content pillar of Infobridge. Provides authoritative championship data and is a natural institutional peer for any bridge content publisher.

Emerging players

• Bridge Base Online (BBO): The dominant online bridge play platform. Infobridge explicitly maintains a roster of its community members on BBO, and the two are complementary — BBO delivers play, Infobridge delivers editorial — but BBO represents the platform direction the bridge world is moving toward.
• Funbridge: Mobile-first bridge app offering practice, tournaments, and AI play. Competes for the same bridge-player mindshare as Infobridge but via a modern, interactive app rather than editorial content — illustrating the structural direction of the audience.
• Guru Bridge: Online bridge platform with bidding practice, play, and educational features. Competes for the practice-and-learning use case that Infobridge's Quiz and Smazzate sections address, but through an interactive app rather than static website content.
• Shark Bridge: Online bridge club and tournament platform with club-level and national-level competition. Targets the same serious bridge player audience as Infobridge's educational content and illustrates the shift from editorial to interactive digital bridge experiences.
• OKbridge: Online bridge platform offering live play and lessons. Targets English-speaking bridge audiences and is comparable to BBO/Funbridge as a digital play and learning alternative to editorial-only sites like Infobridge.

Direct peers

• Federazione Italiana Gioco Bridge (FIGB): The official Italian bridge federation referenced directly from the Infobridge homepage. As the governing body for the sport in Italy, it serves the same audience of Italian bridge players and is the closest institutional comparable.

Regional players

• Bridge Magazine: Long-running English-language bridge publication covering bidding systems, conventions, and championships. Directly comparable as a bridge-focused editorial product serving national markets, and a relevant model for how Infobridge could package its content.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat1 record

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/marco.troiani.14
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/federazione-italiana-gioco-bridge

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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 →

Frequently asked questions about Federazione Italiana Gioco Bridge