CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Income Statement [Abstract]
Net revenue	$ 60,794	$ 81,249
Cost of revenue	37,645	47,793
Gross profit	23,149	33,456
Operating expenses:
Research and development	9,151	6,902
Selling and marketing	20,236	20,635
General and administrative	19,604	12,751
Earn-out consideration		3,510
Impairment of goodwill	8,771
Restructuring and severance	1,266	3,098
Total operating expenses	59,028	46,896
Loss from operations	(35,879)	(13,440)
Non-operating income (expense):
Interest expense, net	(1,908)	(3,619)
Foreign currency losses, net	(1,211)	(1,270)
Loss from continuing operations before income taxes and noncontrolling interest	(38,998)	(18,329)
Income tax provision	(222)	(95)
Loss from continuing operations before noncontrolling interest	(39,220)	(18,424)
Income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes		521
Consolidated net loss	(39,220)	(17,903)
Less: Loss attributable to noncontrolling interest	76	109
Net loss attributable to Identiv, Inc. common stockholders	$ (39,144)	$ (17,794)
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share attributable to Identiv, Inc. common stockholders:
Loss from continuing operations	$ (3.62)	$ (2.12)
Income from discontinued operations		0.06
Net loss	$ (3.62)	$ (2.06)
Weighted average shares used to compute basic and diluted loss per share	10,812	8,648