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Intelius vets bring real-time location data to police officers in the field

When it comes to innovation, government agencies have a reputation for lagging behind. At the DMV, slow adoption means little… Read More

A new era at Classmates: Student directory selling to Intelius for $30M

Before Facebook emerged on the scene, there was Classmates.com. Founded 20 years ago by a former Boeing engineer, Classmates developed… Read More

Exclusive: Intelius sold to private equity firm, Naveen Jain leaving to launch health tech startup

Background check provider Intelius and its Bellevue-based parent company, Inome Inc., have been sold to private equity firm H.I.G. in… Read More

FTC investigating Intelius, and other so-called ‘data brokers’

Intelius, the Bellevue-based company led by entrepreneur Naveen Jain, is among the companies being investigated by the The Federal Trade… Read More

Intelius cuts jobs as Naveen Jain urges company to ‘think like a new startup’

Intelius cut an undisclosed number of employees today as the Bellevue Internet company makes a series of changes in its… Read More

Meet Inome: The latest thing to sprout from Naveen Jain

Naveen Jain has built some of the Seattle’s best known Internet companies, founding InfoSpace in 1996 and Intelius in 2003.… Read More

Naveen Jain looks to spark innovative ideas at Intelius with the iPrize

Intelius founder Naveen Jain has never been one to celebrate venture capitalists, choosing some less than savory words to describe… Read More

Intelius quietly buys Facebook genealogy app Family Builder

Intelius is best known for its background checks on family members, friends or employees. But now the Bellevue company is… Read More

Intelius CEO Naveen Jain: IPO could be in the cards in 2012

Bellevue-based Intelius, an online identity company that specializes in background checks of individuals, may consider going public next year if… Read More

Google your name, and you might just find an Intelius advertisement

Forbes columnist Kashmir Hill recently Googled her name, and to her surprise found an advertisement in the search results from… Read More

Naveen Jain’s next big thing: Own a piece of the moon?

Naveen Jain is looking to save planet Earth by reaching for the moon. The Seattle Internet entrepreneur emerged today as… Read More

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