Rana Daggubati’s startup Ikonz is in news nowadays because it has received funding from Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, and Jeff Bezos, all of whom are global technological titans.
The ‘Baahubali’ star, who is ecstatic about it, has expressed his gratitude for the money.
Rana Daggubati Startup Ikonz Gets New Funding: Website, Metaverse Club, Owner, Valuation
On this, Rana Daggubati said,
As an IP owner, the world of blockchain presents both incredible possibilities as well as challenges on the best way to identify and focus on the best and most credible opportunities.
He later explained,
A world-class blockchain aggregation company is the best way I and other IP owners could have found to start managing and monetising IP assets on a global stage in multiple formats be NFTs, avatars, or even basic rights management.
People everywhere started talking about it. So let’s give you some information about:
What Is Ikonz, Funding, Investors, Net Worth
Ikonz is a virtual world or metaverse platform for managing digital assets and monetizing digital IPs and NFTs. It is supported by actor-investor Rana Daggubati and Prasad Vanga, the founder of Anthill Ventures. The site can be accessed here.
It was founded in August 2021, is a wealth-building platform that assists IP owners, artists, and other well-known figures in managing their digital assets. The full list of the investments is available here.
The Ikonz platform will make it easier for global artists, brands, and fashion designers to collaborate on iconic IP and distribute it across a variety of NFT platforms and Metaverses with just a few clicks.
Ikonz offers a specialised advisory council of specialists, including early investors in Blockchain, Crypto, and NFT platforms, as well as veterans from Virtual Reality, Gaming, and Design. Team include:
- Abinav Kalidindi (Founder & CEO)- Indian American Entrepreneur who has founded, scaled and exited startups in Consumer Tech, Enterprise Tech and Virtual Reality
- Prasad Vanga (Co-Founder)- Founder & CEO of Anthill Ventures, a speed scaling platform for early growth stage startups in MEDIA, HEALTH and URBAN.
- Rana Daggubati (Co-Founder)- Indian actor, producer, television personality and entrepreneur.
Renowned IPs Of Ikonz
Amar Chitra Katha and Tinkle are among the renowned IPs that have been onboarded by the corporation. In the next two months, it wants to release the first non-fungible tokens (NFTs) of Suppandi, the emblematic figure from Tinkle.
Ikonz, which has been working in secret mode since August 2021, wants to increase IP aggressiveness by bringing together 50% of India’s premium entertainment IPs under a single umbrella in the next 12-18 months.
This entails pursuing not only actors, sportsmen, and other public figures, but also social media celebrities, content providers, and even media companies that specialise in rights ownership.
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