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Seven Fun Facts About Peatix That Will Make You Go “Oooo interesting…”

1. Peatix once had an aerial cat photography workshop hosted on our online and mobile ticketing platform. Talk about quirky!

FF Ariel Cat

2. The co-founders, Taku Harada and Emi Takemura, met whilst working at Amazon.

FF Amazon

3. Two months ago, Peatix decided to make the big move to the awesome cities of Singapore and New York after clinching a US$3 million Series A funding round.

FF Move

4. Peatix has hosted more than 10,000 events in Japan since its launch! Impressive much?

FF 10000

5. Peatix was born in May 2011. So that makes Pea-chan (our mascot) 2 years and 3 months old.

FF 2 years

6. Peatix used to be PeaTiX. Notice the capital P, T, and X? It stands for the event acronym: Place, Ticket, and Objective. Interesting, right? Bet you never knew that before.

FF PTX

7. Saving the trees, one ticket at a time. 60% of event attendees on Peatix buy tickets through mobile devices. Yay to the QR code!

FF QR Code

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Claire Ding is the Community Manager at ticketing platform Peatix in Singapore. She runs a community event for organisers, Backstage Pass , where organisers connect with others and learn tips on event management. Quite the thrill-seeker, Claire's gone skydiving, bungee jumping, and enjoys anything that puts her on edge (quite literally), it's no wonder she's in the business of events with never a dull moment!

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