Brands
Lowe Lintas Kolkata launches new brand campaign for Veedol – ‘Rakhe Saaf, Dil Se’
Mumbai: Lowe Lintas, one of India’s leading advertising agencies and the creative AOR for Tide Water Oil, has conceptualised a new brand campaign for Veedol, one of India’s leading lubricant brands. The campaign, launched across media, tells a compelling story through four distinct film narratives for four automotive segments- bike, car, truck & tractor- bound together by the Veedol’s promise of trust. The campaign is built on the core idea that a clean heart is a symbol of honesty, transparency, and trust, which are values that distinguish the Veedol brand. This message is encapsulated in the campaign tagline ‘Rakhe Saaf… Dil Se’.
Brand Veedol has a rich, century old legacy with markets in over 70 countries. Positioned as the ‘Professional’s choice’, Veedol enjoys high saliency amongst the workshop fraternity worldwide. In India Veedol is respected for its high-quality products for the entire range of vehicles – from 2wheelers to cars to trucks to tractors to latest generation electric vehicles along with an increasing play in the industrial lubricant space.
Tide Water Oil managing director Arijit Basu said, ‘’We feel that the time is right to reinforce Veedol’s standing as one of India’s most respected automotive and industrial lubricant brands of choice for consumers and mechanics alike. This campaign does this beautifully, also weaving in our international standing into the storyline. We believe this campaign will strengthen our brand as we embark on a journey to take Veedol to the next level of growth”.
Commenting on the campaign, Lowe Lintas CCO Sagar Kapoor said, ‘The new campaign reinforces the brand’s commitment to providing high-quality engine oils for all segments of vehicles including Car, Bike, Tractor & Truck. With its focus on keeping engines clean from the inside, Veedol’s products are an excellent choice for anyone who wants a long-lasting engine and a hassle-free journey.”
The campaign is now live on select offline and online platforms.
Brands
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.
