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Soha Ali Khan puts an end to festive FOMO with a luxurious Behrouz Biryani feast
Mumbai: Rebel Foods, the world’s largest internet restaurant company’s homegrown brand Behrouz Biryani has announced its collaboration with actress and content creator, Soha Ali Khan for its Diwali campaign FOMO – Fear of missing out. With this campaign, Behrouz Biryani aims to transform the FOMO sentiment into joyful celebrations by sharing insights into the collective curiosity about celebrity revelry. Under this, Behrouz is providing an enchanting insight into the luxurious Diwali festivities hosted at the Pataudi residence.
To embrace the royal lineage, Soha Ali Khan extends a royal invitation to celebrate the Diwali feast with Behrouz Biryani; turning the desire for an extraordinary experience into a doorstep-delivered celebration. With a commitment to delivering a seamless and comprehensive Diwali experience, the collaboration will ensure that no aspect of the festive splendour is overlooked, promising an immersive and unparalleled celebration accessible to all.
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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.
