NFT marketplace Diginoor raises $1-M from Polygon Fund, Contrary, angels

Chennai-based NFT marketplace Diginoor has raised USD 1 million in its seed funding round that saw participation from Contrary Capital, Polygon Fund, Cred founder Kunal Shah, Sandeep Nailwal, Abdul Wahab Al-Halabi (MD at Embassy Capital), and others. Diginoor was founded by two teenage entrepreneurs Shaamil Karim and Yash Rathod in 2021 to make NFT adoption mainstream in India with curated Indian entertainment content adapted for the web 3.0 space. The company claims to be carving out space for Indian cinema on the blockchain with the largest collection of Indian entertainment content.