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Nikhil Kamath invests in Sharan Hegde’s The 1% Club

The 1% Club is a members-only platform founded by Sharan Hegde and Raghav Gupta. (From left to right: Sharan Hegde, Nikhil Kamath, Abhijeet Pai and Raghav Gupta)

The investment will help strategically position Hegde’s startup at the forefront of fintech innovation and influencer-driven businesses.

‘Finfluencer’ openly flouts norms, implies over 11,000% in a year

Mohammed Nasir or Md Nasir, who has a following of 69,400 on Twitter and of 3.65 lakh on YouTube, has been advertising an algo that is “expected” to deliver weekly profits of around 10 percent. (Representative Image: Micael Navarro via Unsplash)

Md Nasir, with a following of over 4 lakh across various platforms, even advertises his WhatsApp channel where he offers trading calls.

SEBI tightens grip around finfluencers; takes action against Mohammad Nasiruddin Ansari

The regulator has asked them to credit the money received for investment advisory services and has banned them from the securities market until further orders. (Representative Image: Tingey Injury Law Firm via Unsplash)

Mohammad Nasiruddin Ansari allegedly provided investment advisory services without the required registration.

Influencer Marketing Mavericks: How Finnet Media’s building a ‘fininfluencer’ empire

Finnet Media’s twenty-something founder Ayush Shukla talks about new trends in the influencer ecosystem, influencers replacing celebs in mainstream advertising and backlash against finfluencers and more

Meet founder Ayush Shukla and learn more about his young agency