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SolarSquare in talks to raise up to M as India’s rooftop solar market draws major VC interest

SolarSquare in talks to raise up to $60M as India’s rooftop solar market draws major VC interest

Published by skeptic

SolarSquare, an Indian rooftop solar startup that helps households and housing societies adopt solar power, is in advanced talks to raise fresh capital after securing India’s largest solar venture investment in December 2024, TechCrunch has learned. B Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners are set to co-lead the Series C round, which could value SolarSquare at between $450 million and $500 million and bring in $55 million to $60 million in new investment, according to multiple people familiar with the matter. That would represent more than a doubling of SolarSquare’s valuation in roughly 18 months — a sign of how rapidly investor conviction is building around India’s residential solar market. Lightspeed Venture Partners previously led SolarSquare’s $40 million Series B round at around a $200 million post-money valuation in December 2024. This time, according to a source, it’s investing through its growth fund, which has backed names such as Razorpay — India’s leading digital payments platform — and Zepto, the fast-delivery startup. Existing investor Elevation Capital is also expected to participate in the deal, which is …

London Rooftop Made Famous By Beatles Concert Will Open as a Museum

London Rooftop Made Famous By Beatles Concert Will Open as a Museum

Published by José Betancourt

The rooftop where the Beatles played a concert to a curious cast of freaked-out Londoners in 1969 will open as part of a museum next year. As reported in the New York Times, the sacred space at 3 Savile Row—a townhouse on a street even more famous for its sophisticated tailors—will be transformed by the Beatles’ company Apple Corps into a seven-floor display of archival materials and exhibitions as well as a recreation of the studio where the band recorded its album Let It Be. Access to the roof will be granted to visitors, to peer out from the place where the Beatles played a surprise show to an unwitting audience of Swinging London citizenry until police pulled the plug. Related Articles Holly Tessler, an expert in Beatles tourism at the University of Liverpool, told the Times that fans regularly congregate outside the building on the street. But “very few people have been inside,” she said, adding: “I’d love to see it.” A press release on the Fab Four’s website, which dates the opening only to …

Emma Corrin yearns from a rooftop in first look at Netflix’s Pride and Prejudice

Emma Corrin yearns from a rooftop in first look at Netflix’s Pride and Prejudice

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Netflix has shared the first look at its TV adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, starring Emma Corrin in the lead role as Elizabeth Bennett. The six-part series will be released this autumn and co-stars Jack Lowden as Mr Darcy, along with Olivia Colman, Rufus Sewell, Louis Partridge and Fiona Shaw. The teaser shows Corrin as Austen’s beloved protagonist, played previously by Keira Knightley in the 2005 adaptation, sitting on top of a roof gazing out into the distance, while Darcy is glimpsed from a departing carriage, through a doorway and riding his horse. To the sound of birdsong, there are also interspersing shots of Corrin’s hand holding a pebble, someone running along a path, and a shot of Elizabeth and Mr Darcy dancing together. Corrin, who uses they/them pronouns, is best known for starring roles as Princess Diana in …

‘We watched 9/11 from the rooftop, blasting the music out’: how The Disintegration Loops became a requiem for the attacks | Music

‘We watched 9/11 from the rooftop, blasting the music out’: how The Disintegration Loops became a requiem for the attacks | Music

Published by Sam Flores

‘Do you remember me phoning and saying, ‘Get over here! You won’t believe what’s happened!’” William Basinski is reminiscing with his old friend Anohni about the summer of 2001, when he made a startling discovery. Out of work and at a loose end, the experimental composer had decided to digitise some recordings he’d made in the early 1980s – snippets of orchestral music and muzak he found on shortwave radio stations. He was planning to add his own instrumentation, but as the tapes started playing on a loop he noticed something else was happening: the music was gradually degrading. The recordings were so old that the iron oxide particles were falling off the tape as they played. Soon, there would be nothing left but crackles and then silence. It was every musician’s worst nightmare. But for Basinski it was like striking gold. “Luckily,” he says, “by that point in my career, I was mature enough to know when to just get out of the way and see what happens.” Basinski spent two days recording a …

Best rooftop restaurants and bars with views in Los Angeles

Best rooftop restaurants and bars with views in Los Angeles

Published by Sam Flores

Nothing beats a view of Los Angeles from above. Peer downtown and you’ll spy City Hall and the US Bank Tower. Head toward Hollywood and you’ll glimpse its rolling, mansion-dotted hills and its eponymous sign tucked between them. Keep going west and you’ll eventually spot the Pacific coastline with its jutting piers, foaming shores and jagged cliffs. And there are countless more neighborhoods between those horizons that boast their own spectacles. As for where to soak in the sights, you have a slew of options. There’s the reward of hiking to the top of a trail, but as summer approaches, L.A.’s rooftop restaurants and bars prove more tempting, offering incomparable vistas alongside sparkling pools, creative cocktails, prime people-watching and, of late, memorable meals. While delicious food can be a bit of an anomaly for rooftops, where the focus is often on socializing and drinking, several newcomers stand out with worthwhile culinary programs in addition to remarkable views. In downtown, a hospitality group led by Issa Rae is offering a lush, Mexico City-inspired nightlife option, complete …