{"id":1021,"date":"2015-04-29T02:57:12","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T06:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.peatix.com\/?p=1021"},"modified":"2018-07-05T05:28:11","modified_gmt":"2018-07-05T05:28:11","slug":"peatix-says-hello-malaysia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eventblog.peatix.com\/organizer\/peatix-says-hello-malaysia\/","title":{"rendered":"Peatix says hello Malaysia!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Peatix Malaysia officially launched our local team with a party in the up and coming Sentul East district of Kuala Lumpur!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cms.peatix.com\/images\/blog\/MY_Launch_Prep.png\" alt=\"Launch Party Preparation\" width=\"630\" height=\"421\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Invited guests streamed in to pack out Impact Hub\u2019s events space, and were first to check-in in Malaysia using <a href=\"https:\/\/about.peatix.com\/colorsync.html?hl=en\">ColorSync<\/a>, Peatix\u2019s new check-in technology.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cms.peatix.com\/images\/blog\/MY_Welcome_guests.png\" alt=\"welcoming guests\" width=\"630\" height=\"472\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With drinks in hand and a mixture of folks from different communities, the room was abuzz with conversation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cms.peatix.com\/images\/blog\/MY_Crowd_stream_in.png\" alt=\"Crowd streams in\" width=\"630\" height=\"401\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Naofumi Iwai, the Chief Operations Officer at Peatix, took to the front to share his excitement of us being able to support events in Malaysia from the ground-up right down to going the extra mile in integrating a local ringgit payment option.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cms.peatix.com\/images\/blog\/MY_Naofumi_Iwai.png\" alt=\"Naofumi Iwai, COO of Peatix\" width=\"630\" height=\"460\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Emi Takemura, Peatix\u2019s Head of Asia, who spearheaded our next adventure into Malaysia enthused of the many inspiring locals she\u2019s met so far and partnerships we\u2019ve established with Impact Hub KL, VLT Labs, and MaGIC &#8211; communities where social enterprises and startups thrive.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cms.peatix.com\/images\/blog\/MY_Emi_Takemura.png\" alt=\"Emi Takemura, Head of Asia Peatix\" width=\"630\" height=\"418\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Daniel Cerventus, the organiser of TEDxKL, gave a spiel on his happy experience working with Peatix for the upcoming TEDx event in August. (We hear tickets to TEDxKL are running out fast &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/peatix.com\/event\/69064\">get them<\/a> whilst you still can!)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cms.peatix.com\/images\/blog\/MY_Daniel_Cerventus.png\" alt=\"Daniel Cerventus\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At the crux of the speeches, the crowd got a gist of why we\u2019re in Malaysia and how we plan to support their efforts to host events and grow their communities.<\/p>\n<p>We had one more surprise to spring for the night\u2026 Behind the panels unveiled Paperplane Pursuit, one of Malaysia\u2019s emerging pop bands, at the ready to give us a smooth rendition of \u201cFeel Good\u201d and \u201cBeat of Your Love\u201d. We sure felt both at the end of their suave performance.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cms.peatix.com\/images\/blog\/MY_Paperplane_Pursuit.png\" alt=\"Paperplane Pursuit Malaysia Kuala Lumpur at Peatix launch party\" width=\"630\" height=\"417\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Everyone continued to mingle well into the night\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The sense of creativity and passion has certainly left the Peatix team energised in anticipation of being able to experience Malaysia\u2019s vibrant events scene first-hand.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cms.peatix.com\/images\/blog\/MY_Crowd_stayed_to_mingle.png\" alt=\"crowd stayed to mingle at Malaysia Peatix launch party\" width=\"630\" height=\"419\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Were you unable to attend our launch party, but you\u2019re keen to know more about <a href=\"http:\/\/peatix.com\">Peatix<\/a> or chat with us in person? Feel free to email us at peatix@peatix.com.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the rest of the photos of the Peatix Malaysia launch party on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Peatix.my\">Facebook<\/a> page!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supporting events in Malaysia with a local team, ringgit payment, and exciting partnerships. 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