Smart Money Club Founders Close Popular YouTube Channel to Focus on Market Education
Pranjal Rastogi and CA Harshitha Iyer, founders of the YouTube channel Capturn with over 100,000 subscribers, chose to shut it down despite its popularity. They felt short-form content created an illusion of knowledge and did not effectively teach trading skills. Now, they run Smart Money Club, a SEBI-registered research analyst firm in Surat, focusing on deeper market education. Rastogi pursued full-time trading after studying financial markets, while Iyer, a Chartered Accountant, manages the firm's financial and compliance aspects.
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Sentiment was consistent across outlets (55–75/100), indicating broadly factual reporting rather than editorialising.
Coverage timeline
thetribune broke this story on 27 Aug, 10:20 am. Other outlets followed.