Wetpaint is a web publishing company that hosts topic--based wikis, and is financially supported by contextually based advertisements. Sites utilizing Wetpaint technology include wikiCancer, wikiFido, BobDylanwiki, wikiGOP and a public testing site entitled wikiSandbox.

The company is located in Seattle, Washington, USA and received its initial venture capital funding from Trinity Ventures and Frazier Technology Ventures.

Wetpaint launched its private beta program in March 2006 and became publicly accessible in June 2006. Wetpaint was named Best Wiki (Hosted) by the Web 2.0 Awards.

External links

• Wetpaint (main website)
• Could Community Wikis Be The Tipping Point – webpronews.com, March 6, 2006
• Social software: Control the community or just let go? – DEMOletter, March 6, 2006

Software companies | Wiki communities | 2005 establishments