A platform of research and promotional assets

To compete successfully, new technology companies must quickly establish relationships with customers, industry analysts, sales and distribution partners and the media. As the largest global media company serving the information technology industry, IDG is uniquely qualified to build these relationships. IDG informs more people about information technology than any other company in the world. IDG is the leading multibillion dollar provider of IT media, research, conferences and events. IDG publishes more than 300 newspapers and magazines in 85 countries, led by the Computerworld, InfoWorld, Macworld, Network World, PC World, and CIO global product lines. Through IDG.net , IDG offers online users more than 330 websites in 70 countries. IDG also produces 168 computer-related conferences and trade shows in 35 countries, and its research arm, International Data Corporation (IDC), provides computer industry research and analysis through 51 offices in 43 countries worldwide.

media and operations

IDG publishes more than 300 IT magazines and newspapers in 80 countries worldwide, including ComputerWorld, PC World, CIO, and Network World. IDG Ventures uses these publications to gain global perspective and can help its portfolio companies meet the right prospects, publishers, and editors in local markets worldwide.

More>>

tradeshows and expositions

IDG Ventures can help emerging companies elevate their visibility at more than 150 IDG trade shows and expositions around the world, including such definitive events as Bio IT World, ComNet, DEMO, LinuxWorld, MacWorld and Vortex.

More>>

Research

IDC, IDG's research arm, is the world's largest and most respected IT research firm, with more than 575 analysts in 43 countries. IDG Ventures uses IDC's research to understand and help its portfolio companies understand the latest IT trends and statistics. This provides them with access to extensive market research for virtually any market niche, as well as access to the analysts that help define them.

More>>

IDG Ventures China

IDG Technology Venture Investment (IDGVC) is a $350M China-based fund with nearly 130 portfolio companies and four locations in China. IDGVC has the distinction of being the first American venture capital company to enter the Chinese market in 1992. In addition to providing venture capital, IDGVC offers an array of value-added services and in-depth support to entrepreneurs in China's high-tech industries.

More>>

IDG Ventures Vietnam

Founded in 2004, IDG Ventures Vietnam (IDGVV) is the first American technology venture capital fund in Vietnam. With $100M under management, IDGVV invests primarily in privately-held information-technology start-up companies with significant operations in Vietnam.

More>>

IDG Ventures San Francisco

IDG Ventures San Francisco (IDGVSF) is a $120M fund helping entrepreneurs grow innovative companies on a global basis. Founded in 1997, IDGVSF invests in privately-held information-technology start-up companies headquartered on the West Coast in the US.

More>>

Patrick McGovern
Founder & Chairman, International Data Group

Patrick McGovern is Founder and Chairman of International Data Group (IDG), the 2nd largest private company in Massachusetts, which had 2007 revenues of $3.0BN. Graduating from MIT in 1959, in 1964 McGovern founded International Data Corporation (IDC), now an IDG research subsidiary, to serve information technology (IT) markets. Three years later, McGovern launched Computerworld to report on computer industry and product news. Today, IDG has more than 300 publications, 450 online sites, 750 events and 500 market research programs across 90 countries. In addition to IDC and ComputerWorld, its properties include NetworkWorld, InfoWorld, CIO, CSO, PCWorld and GamePro. Since 1992, McGovern has been an active principal in all of IDG Ventures' early stage technology funds, with commitments of approximately $900MM in 6 funds across the US and Asia. McGovern and his wife, Lore, established the neuroscience-focused McGovern Institute at MIT in 2000 with a gift of $350MM, one of the largest university gifts in history, and broke ground in 2003.