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| Industry | Public Information Search |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2006 |
| Headquarters | Redwood City, California |
Key people | Matthew Monahan and Brian Monahan |
| Products | Peoplesmart |
Number of employees | 150 |
| Website | http://www.inflection.com |
Inflection is a big-data technology company with products that allow users to search for and retrieve public documents and manage their online identity.[1][2] Inflection is best known for providing individuals and organizations with tools for searching public records from a database of over 14 billion public records.[2][3] Inflection has been featured in several media outlets, including MSNBC, TechCrunch, The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, and The Los Angeles Times.[4][2][5][6]
The company is headquartered in Redwood City, CA with offices in Omaha, NE.[2] Co-founder Matthew Monahan is Inflection’s CEO.[7][3]
History
[edit]Brothers Matthew Monahan and Brian Monahan founded Inflection in 2006.[7][2][1] Their idea for the company was to create a resource where users could seek information from public records through a centralized, searchable platform.[3] The pair launched Inflection from a Harvard dorm room, and they bootstrapped the company’s finances for the first four years.[2][3]
In 2010, Inflection raised $30 million in Series A venture financing, which included capital from Matrix Partners and Sutter Hill Ventures.[2][8] The company now operates three main websites, the people search engine PeopleSmart.com, the online identity management site Identity.com, and the pre-employment background screening site GoodHire.com.[3] Inflection sold its genealogy site Archives.com to Ancestry.com in April 2012 for $100 million.[5][3]
The founders chose the company’s name as a metaphor for the present state of the Internet and its impact on the world, which the founders believe is at a turning point comparable to the inflection point on the graph of a curve.[1][9]
As of April 2013, Inflection employs approximately 150 people.[2]
Products
[edit]The company’s flagship products, PeopleSmart.com, Identity.com, and GoodHire.com are powered by Inflection’s proprietary big-data platform STORM.[9]
The platform allows users of Inflection’s products to search and retrieve over 14 billion records, including court records, contact information, and criminal records.[1][2] The company emphasizes privacy, and users are able to opt out and remove their information from the websites.[8] For example, the company does not provide individuals’ email addresses or cell phone numbers to its customers.[8]
External Links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "About Us". Inflection. Retrieved May 1,2013.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ a b c d e f g h i "Inflection". Crunchbase. Retrieved May 1,2013.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ a b c d e f Jon Xavier (November 18, 2011). "Inflection sees big opportunities in Big Data". Silicon Valley Business Journal. Retrieved May 1,2013.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "In The Press". Inflection. Retrieved May 1,2013.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ a b Frederic Lardinois (April 25, 2012). "Ancestry.com Acquires Archives.com For $100 Million". TechCrunch. Retrieved May 1,2013.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Samuel Wieghly (August 4, 2011). "Employers Recruiting Off-Campus". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved May 1,2013.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ a b "Leadership Page". Inflection. Retrieved May 1,2013.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ a b c TomioGeron (September 2, 2010). "Inflection Lands Big First Round For Public Records Search". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved May 1,2013.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ a b Matthew T. Lowe (March 24, 2011). "Startup Aims to Digitize Records". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved May 1,2013.
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Category:Companies established in 2006 Category:Companies based in Redwood City, California Category:Public records