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Asian Paints hues India in India Wala Blue
MUMBAI: For millions of Indians, blue isn’t just a colour, it’s a feeling that runs deep. As team India’s women in blue brought home a historic victory, Asian Paints captured the nation’s emotion with a heartfelt print campaign titled “1.4 Billion Hearts. One India Wala Blue.”
The campaign celebrates how the team’s grit, grace, and glory have painted every home with pride, from bustling stadiums to family living rooms. The message “Ab har ghar jeetega” perfectly ties this sporting triumph to the brand’s philosophy of colour, emotion, and connection.
Extending its much-loved Har Ghar Blue campaign, Asian Paints salutes the women in blue for uniting the country through sheer determination and teamwork. The initiative builds on the brand’s deep-rooted association with cricket, from its Smartcare damp proof integrations during the India-England series to its Asia Cup countdown campaign and the empowering “Meri Wali Blue” film celebrating women’s cricket.
“Cricket in India goes far beyond the field, it lives in every home, every conversation, every emotion,” said Asian Paints Ltd. MD & CEO Amit Syngle. “Blue has always been the colour of this shared sentiment, and we’re proud to celebrate this bond through our campaigns. Har Ghar Blue is more than an idea, it’s a feeling that unites the country.”
With “India Wala Blue,” Asian Paints transforms national pride into a hue of unity and joy, a shade that will forever colour India’s heart with victory.
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UK’s OnlyFans seeks US investor at $3bn valuation after owner’s death
The adult video platform is seeking stability after the death of its billionaire owner
LONDON: OnlyFans is looking for a new partner. The London-based adult video platform is in advanced talks to sell a minority stake of less than 20 per cent to Architect Capital, a San Francisco-based investment firm, in a deal that would value the business at more than $3bn (£2.2bn).
The move is driven by an urgent need for stability. Leonid Radvinsky, the Ukrainian-American billionaire who owned OnlyFans, died of cancer last month at the age of 43, leaving the future of one of Britain’s most profitable privately held businesses suddenly uncertain.
The choice of Architect Capital is not arbitrary. The firm has deep expertise in financial services, which aligns neatly with OnlyFans’ ambitions to offer banking products to its creators, many of whom have long struggled to access basic financial services because of the nature of their work.
The numbers behind OnlyFans are, by any measure, staggering. The platform posted revenues of $1.4bn in the year to 30th November 2024, with a pre-tax profit of $684m, up four per cent on the prior year. Payments to creators totalled $7.2bn over the same period, a rise of nearly ten per cent. Radvinsky personally collected $701m in dividends from the business in 2024 alone, on top of more than $1bn in such payments he had already received. The platform, run through its parent company Felix International, hosts 4.6m creator accounts, with performers keeping 80 per cent of subscription proceeds and the platform pocketing the remaining 20 per cent. It has 377m fan accounts in total.
The current minority stake talks represent a notable scaling back of ambitions. In January, OnlyFans was reported to be in discussions with Architect about selling a majority stake of 60 per cent. Before that, the company had explored a sale to a consortium led by Forest Road Company, a Los Angeles-based investment firm. Neither deal materialised.
OnlyFans has built an enormously lucrative business on content that mainstream finance has long refused to touch. Now, with its owner gone and a $3bn valuation on the table, it is looking for the kind of respectable institutional backing that might finally persuade the banks to take its calls.
