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The round also saw participation from Polygon Studios, the NFT and gaming vertical of Polygon.
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“It’s heartening to see that a fund backed by the world’s top tech icons, who have a cumulative net worth of over $400 billion and whose companies’ market caps exceed $5.5 trillion (Meta, Microsoft, Google and Amazon), has decided to fund us at an early stage,” Ikonz CEO Abinav Varma Kalidindi told ET.
While declining to disclose the amount, he confirmed that Village Global and Woodstock co-led the round.
“We will use the proceeds to ramp up artistic talent from across the globe and hire top tech talent to build out our metaverse and drop NFTs from our various IP partners. We are hiring for numerous roles,” said Kalidindi.
Founded in August 2021, Ikonz is a wealth-building platform that aims to help IP owners, artists, and other established icons manage their digital assets. It’s a 360-degree platform for IP owners to help them navigate the complexities of the technology and understand the different means of monetisation and upscaling.
The company has onboarded a wide variety of iconic IPs, including Amar Chitra Katha and Tinkle. It plans to drop the first non-fungible tokens (NFTs) of Suppandi, the iconic character from Tinkle, in the next two months.
Ikonz is backed by actor-investor Rana Daggubati and Anthill Ventures' founder Prasad Vanga.
The sales volume of NFTs crossed $27 billion in 2021 according to a Chainalysis report, while in January alone, the number reached almost $7 billion. Last year, NFTs, which are blockchain-based digital assets, saw a huge uptake in trading.
In India, the trend is picking up fast. In February, Viacom18 launched its NFT marketplace, Fully Faltoo. Producer Vashu Bhagnani’s Pooja Entertainment has bought virtual land in the Metaverse, while T-Series has partnered with Hefty Entertainment, a division of Hungama Digital Media, to launch digital art pieces and NFTs for some of their films.
ET also reported that designers, including Manish Malhotra, Raghavendra Rathore, Anamika Khanna, and Pankaj & Nidhi, have seen their initial drops of digital artwork sell in minutes on NFT marketplaces.
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Metaverse公司Ikonz袋资金从盖茨,贝佐斯全球Zuckerberg-backed村庄
Ikonz将使用收益增加来自世界各地的艺术才能和雇用顶尖的技术人才构建了metaverse放非功能性测试的各种知识产权合作伙伴
从多边形工作室圆也有参与,非功能性测试和游戏垂直的多边形。
全球村是支持的比尔盖茨(微软),杰夫·贝佐斯(亚马逊)马克•扎克伯格(元),埃里克·施密特(谷歌),雷德•霍夫曼(LinkedIn)、鲍勃•伊格尔(原迪斯尼)迈克彭博(Bloomberg)和黛安娜绿色(虚拟机),等等。
“这是振奋人心的发现基金支持的世界顶级科技图标,有累积超过4000亿美元的净资产,公司的市值超过5.5万亿美元(元、微软、谷歌和亚马逊),决定基金我们处于初级阶段,“Ikonz CEO Abinav Varma Kalidindi告诉等。
虽然拒绝透露,他证实,全球村,伍德斯托克共同。
“我们将使用收益增加来自世界各地的艺术才能和雇用顶尖的技术人才来建设我们metaverse放非功能性测试的各种知识产权合作伙伴。我们雇佣了许多角色,”Kalidindi说。
成立于2021年8月,Ikonz是一个累积财富的平台,旨在帮助知识产权所有者,艺术家,和其他图标管理他们的数字资产。这是一个360度的平台为知识产权所有者帮助他们导航技术的复杂性和理解不同的货币化和升级。
公司已经在各种各样的标志性的IPs,包括Amar Chitra pollit和叮当声。计划将首先加以Suppandi令牌(非功能性测试),叮当声的标志性人物,在接下来的两个月。
Ikonz由actor-investor Rana Daggubati和人群密集的地方企业的创始人普拉萨德她。
非功能性测试的销量过270亿年的2021美元根据Chainalysis报告,而仅在1月份,数量几乎达到70亿美元。去年,非功能性测试,blockchain-based数字资产,看见一个巨大的吸收在交易。
在印度,这一趋势正在加速快。今年2月,Viacom18推出非功能性测试市场,完全Faltoo。制片人Vashu Bhagnani Pooja娱乐Metaverse买了虚拟土地,而扬与娱乐,Hungama数字媒体的一个部门,推出数字艺术作品和非功能性测试他们的一些电影。
等还报道说,设计师,包括Manish Malhotra Raghavendra拉索尔教授,Anamika Khanna和Pankaj &怀,看到他们最初滴数字作品非功能性测试市场上销售在几分钟内。
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