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Overview
Location
Canada, Alberta, Calgary
Employees
11-50
Founded date
2014
Mentions in press and media 9
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| Mar 8, 2016 | Controversial people-rating app Peeple goes live, has a plan to profit from users’ negative reviews | Peeple, the controversial people-rating application that lets its users rate and review anyone, is not a hoax or vaporware, as many suspected following the media backlash surrounding the unveiling of the company’s intentions last fall. The ... |
| Mar 7, 2016 | 'Yelp for People' App Launches in North America | The controversial app Peeple, which allows users to rate other humans like goods and services, officially launched in North America on Monday. The app is available for download in the iPhone App Store. The app, which bills itself as an effo... |
| Nov 9, 2015 | Rumblr, A Tinder-Style App for Street Fighters, Launches Today | It's the app that launched a thousand jokes about breaking the first rule of Fight Club. Last Friday, November 6, tech blog Venture Beat posted a story about a new app that's currently in development called Rumblr. Basically a Tinder-style ... |
| Oct 5, 2015 | Facing a strong backlash, person-rating app Peeple seemingly vanishes | Julia Cordray is the cofounder of Peeple. Peeple reader comments 192 with 109 posters participating Share this story Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit Further ReadingPeeple lets you leave Yelp-like one-star reviews for bad ... |
| Oct 5, 2015 | Much Ado About Peeple | “Imagine every positive and ugly opinion about you— from your mother to that awkward co-worker you rejected at the company Christmas party— centrally located on one online profile. Sound scary? It is.” That’s the way people are characterizi... |
| Oct 5, 2015 | The problem with rating people on the new app Peeple | As I write this, #Peeple is the top trending topic in my Twitter sidebar. The web is bemused and irate about an app that will let people rate other people as if they were baubles purchased on Amazon. Its cofounders, Nicole McCullough and Ju... |
| Oct 1, 2015 | Peeple lets you leave Yelp-like one-star reviews for bad friends, dates | Peeple reader comments 229 with 139 posters participating Share this story Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit Our dystopian not-so-distant future may soon include concerns about receiving Yelp-like one-star reviews from diss... |
| Oct 1, 2015 | At any rate you can be a Peeple person | A new startup has launched in the United States, promising to be ‘Yelp for people’. The startup has rightly drawn much criticism following a feature in the Wall Street Journal. It seems some investors don’t agree with the general internet t... |
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FAQ about Peeple
When was Peeple founded?
Peeple was founded in 2014.
What has the press written about Peeple?
Parsers VC has collected 9 articles mentioning Peeple, among them “Controversial people-rating app Peeple goes live, has a plan to profit from users’ negative reviews” (Mar 8, 2016) and “'Yelp for People' App Launches in North America” (Mar 7, 2016).
Is Peeple still active?
Yes, Peeple is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Mar 9, 2016.