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Youva draws out Children’s Day magic with new film
MUMBAI: Creativity took centre stage this Children’s Day as Youva invited kids to think a little, make a little and imagine a lot. With a film bursting with colour, rhythm and childhood wonder, the brand sketched out a joyful tribute to the inventive minds who can turn scraps into stories and cardboard into castles.
“Kuch Socho. Kuch Banao” captures young creators in their natural element. Conceptualised by Ants Digital and produced by Antastic Studios, the film follows children as they transform torn fabric, old boxes and the most ordinary objects into delightful new worlds. In one frame a wall becomes a boat, in another a thumbprint becomes a gift, echoing Youva’s belief that creativity blooms when imagination runs free.
Navneet Education chief strategy officer Abhijit Sanyal, said the film was designed to celebrate the boundless imagination children carry every day and to remind viewers that big ideas often begin with a small spark.
For Ants Digital CEO Sanjay Arora the project was a nostalgic return to childlike curiosity. He said the film reflects the magic hidden in everyday life and praised the teams at Ants and Antastic Studios for bringing the story to life with warmth and playfulness.
With this campaign, Youva reinforces its mission to nurture originality and self expression, encouraging young minds to shape their own world. As the brand reminds us, the journey of creativity always begins with a simple thought and a willingness to make something new.
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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.
