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Utility Dive

U.S. industry trade, center

Owned byInforma TechTarget — a joint venture majority-controlled (57%) by Informa PLC, a British publishing and events company; Utility Dive is part of the Industry Dive portfolio that Informa acquired in 2022
FundingB2B advertising and sponsored/branded content services (via studioID, its in-house content marketing studio); no reader paywall
On the administrationmostly neutral

Background

Utility Dive launched in 2012 as one of the first verticals under Industry Dive, a B2B media startup founded in Washington, D.C. by Sean Griffey, Eli Dickinson, and Ryan Willumson with roughly $900,000 in seed funding. Industry Dive's model was to build niche, deeply focused trade outlets for specific professional audiences rather than chase mass readership. In 2019, private equity firm Falfurrias Capital Partners acquired a majority stake in Industry Dive. Informa PLC bought Industry Dive in 2022 for approximately $525 million, integrating it into Informa's expanding B2B portfolio. In late 2024, Informa combined its Informa Tech digital businesses — including Industry Dive and Utility Dive — with TechTarget to form Informa TechTarget, with Informa holding a 57% stake in the combined entity. Utility Dive's revenue model relies on advertising and sponsored content marketed to vendors seeking to reach energy industry decision-makers, rather than on reader subscriptions. Media watchdogs such as Media Bias/Fact Check rate it as minimally biased with a strong factual record, consistent with its trade-press orientation and absence of overt political advocacy.

Sources

  1. Industry Dive – Wikipedia
  2. UtilityDive – Bias and Credibility – Media Bias/Fact Check
  3. Publishing and events firm buys Waste Dive parent for $389M – Resource Recycling
  4. Informa TechTarget emerges as a B2B data giant – MarTech
  5. TechTarget Announces Shareholder Approval for Combination with Informa Tech's Digital Businesses – Informa TechTarget
  6. Trump executive orders halt wind development, declare energy emergency – Utility Dive
  7. DOE cancels $7.6B in clean energy awards in states that voted against Trump – Utility Dive
  8. About – Utility Dive

Profile compiled 2026-07-03; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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