EKNOWID

eKnowID is an online platform that offers background checking tools, powered by the latest technology offered to banking, employers, housing authorities, non-profits, job seekers, students, and school faculty. It conducts U.S. background checks within 72 hours and completes international checks within 2 weeks. eKnowID believes that there is an increasing need to take background checking technologies from the corporate and governmental spheres and make them accessible for personal use. In 2014, eKnowID won Chicago Innovation up and comer Award. eKnowID was launched in 2011 by [Kenneth Coats](http://www.crunchbase.com/person/kenneth-coats) and is based in Chicago, I.L.