Rana Daggubati, a Telugu actor, has entered the Metaverse with Iknoz, a firm he co-founded with Indian American entrepreneur Abinav Varma. Ikonz seeks to use NFTs to introduce culture’s most iconic figures and IP into the Metaverse. Ikonz wants to increase IP aggression by bringing together half of India’s top entertainment IPs under one roof. This entails pursuing not only actors, athletes, and other public figures, but also social media celebrities, content providers, and even media companies that specialise in rights ownership. Rana Daggubati had earlier said, “As an IP…

UpGrad, an edtech company, announced on Thursday that it has integrated all of Talentedge’s operations, which will now operate under its own brand, after its owner, Sekhsaria Family Office, purchased a $2 billion interest in the company. UpGrad stated in December of last year that it will buy Gurugram-based edtech rival Talentedge for Rs 350-400 crore. The near 100 percent share swap transaction was done at an upGrad value of $2 billion, while Talentedge was valued at Rs 205 crore. According to the company, Talentedge is on track to surpass…

IndiQube, a flexible workspace provider, announced on Wednesday that it has acquired $30 million in Series B funding from the company’s creators, existing investors WestBridge Capital, and Ashish Gupta, an angel investor, as it prepares for its next phase of growth. IndiQube’s promoters have put in $17 million of the $30 million. The Bengaluru-based startup was founded in 2015.Along with Ashish Gupta, the co-working startup raised Rs 100 crore in a Series A fundraising round from WestBridge Capital in 2018. “We are extremely thrilled to have a large PE firm…