<s>
Piktochart	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
web-based	O
graphic	O
design	O
tool	O
and	O
infographic	O
maker	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
idea	O
of	O
Piktochart	B-Protocol
was	O
born	O
in	O
2011	O
and	O
a	O
minimum	O
viable	O
product	O
began	O
developing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
iteration	O
of	O
Piktochart	B-Protocol
was	O
launched	O
by	O
co-founders	O
,	O
Goh	O
Ai	O
Ching	O
and	O
Andrea	O
Zaggia	O
in	O
Penang	O
,	O
Malaysia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
Piktochart	B-Protocol
grew	O
its	O
user	O
base	O
to	O
more	O
than	O
170,000	O
users	O
and	O
received	O
a	O
$	O
140,000	O
grant	O
from	O
the	O
Malaysian	O
government	O
’s	O
Cradle	O
Fund	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
announcing	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
raised	O
seed	O
funding	O
from	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
investors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2018	O
,	O
Piktochart	B-Protocol
has	O
been	O
used	O
by	O
more	O
than	O
11	O
million	O
people	O
worldwide	O
and	O
has	O
grown	O
to	O
become	O
a	O
semi-distributed	O
team	O
of	O
53	O
team	O
members	O
with	O
the	O
office	O
based	O
in	O
Penang	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Whereas	O
companies	O
like	O
Lucid	B-Protocol
Software	I-Protocol
,	I-Protocol
Inc	I-Protocol
,	O
Trendalyzer	B-Application
,	O
Gliffy	B-Application
and	O
others	O
had	O
previously	O
focused	O
on	O
data-representation	O
tools	O
that	O
would	O
be	O
useful	O
for	O
intra-corporate	O
collaboration	O
as	O
aids	O
to	O
speeches	O
and	O
presentations	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
internal	O
communications	O
documents	O
,	O
Piktochart	B-Protocol
described	O
itself	O
as	O
focused	O
on	O
empowering	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
infographics	O
that	O
would	O
be	O
web-publisher	O
ready	O
and	O
able	O
to	O
stand	O
alone	O
as	O
a	O
piece	O
of	O
multimedia	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Piktochart	B-Protocol
provides	O
over	O
600	O
templates	O
which	O
users	O
can	O
edit	O
,	O
or	O
by	O
using	O
more	O
advanced	O
functions	O
,	O
customize	O
as	O
desired	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
version	O
of	O
Piktochart	B-Protocol
,	O
released	O
in	O
2017	O
,	O
includes	O
a	O
HTML	O
publisher	O
which	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
visuals	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
viewed	O
online	O
or	O
embedded	O
to	O
a	O
website	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
allowing	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
include	O
multiple	O
interactive	O
elements	O
such	O
as	O
charts	O
,	O
videos	O
,	O
map	O
visualization	O
,	O
and	O
animated	O
icons	O
.	O
</s>
