Stipple is a defunct company founded in 2010 that provided a platform for the tagging of people, places, and objects inside of images.
[2] Co-founder and CEO Rey Flemings[2] launched Stipple in August 2010, when the company released its first public offering.
Seed funding amounting to $2 million was secured from people and companies including Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Floodgate Ventures, Justin Timberlake, Eghosa Omoigui, Quest Ventures, Naval Ravikant, Matt Mullenweg, and Rick Marini.
Gigaom said Marketplace is an alternative to the expensive practice of obtaining images from stock photo agencies.
[4] Stipple was acquired by an undisclosed firm in a private transaction and the product was eventually shuttered.