PRIME Database Group

What PRIME Database Group does

PRIME Database Group (legally Praxis Consulting & Information Services Pvt. Ltd.) is a New Delhi-based, privately-held Indian information services company founded in 1989 by Prithvi Haldea. It operates a portfolio of roughly a dozen specialized web-based databases covering India's capital markets — including primary market issuances, insider trading, share pledging, takeover transactions, credit ratings, corporate bonds, mutual fund portfolios, bulk and block deals, MCA company registry data, and PE/VC industry information — alongside public-interest registries such as Watchout Investors (600,000+ indicted entities, 11 million users) and Prime Directors (24,000+ independent director profiles). The company also developed and maintained government platforms including the MCA's iepf.gov.in investor education portal and DIPAM's Investor Facilitation Platform, as well as the AIBI industry association website.

The company's core technology consists of proprietary curated databases organized by domain — there are no APIs, SDKs, or disclosed AI/ML components — and content is delivered through subscription-based web platforms. Revenue is generated exclusively through direct institutional subscriptions targeting more than 5,000 subscribers across 30+ segments including banks, asset managers, investment banks, credit rating agencies, custodians, insurance companies, NBFCs, PE/VC firms, regulators (SEBI, stock exchanges, depositories), corporates, and academic institutions including IIMs, IITs, Harvard, Oxford, and UC Berkeley. Supporting revenue streams include annual directory publications (PRIME Directory, IVCA Directory), database creation and management services, website development and management, and information consulting for institutional clients. The firm is bootstrapped and family-controlled, with Prithvi Haldea as Founder-Chairman and Pranav Haldea as Managing Director, and operates with approximately 55 employees across offices in New Delhi and Mumbai.

Name

PRIME Database Group

Legal name

Praxis Consulting & Information Services Pvt. Ltd.

Website

https://primedatabasegroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

PRIME Database Group (founded 1989) is India's leading subscription-based provider of capital market data, operating specialized databases on primary issuances, corporate governance, credit ratings, corporate bonds, and company registries for 5,000+ institutional subscribers including banks, regulators, corporates, and academic institutions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Capital Market Data & Analytics

NAICS

Directory and Mailing List Publishers (513140), Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services (51929), Other Activities Related to Credit Intermediation (522390)

SIC

Finance Services (6199)

akta.pro primary industry

Data Enrichment, Categorization & Normalization (merchant clean-up, taxonomy) (FSAGACAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Data Catalog & Metadata Management (HDAEADAC)

Keywords

• Capital market data
• Primary market database
• Corporate governance data
• Financial data subscriptions
• Investor protection registry

Headquarters

HQ city

New Delhi

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Database Subscription Services: PRIME Database Group generates revenue through subscription-based database services to institutional subscribers. The company provides access to specialized capital market databases and websites covering primary market data, corporate information, credit ratings, corporate bonds, and other financial data. Subscribers include diverse financial institutions, corporates, regulatory bodies, and academic institutions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

PRIME Database Group develops and maintains proprietary databases and websites providing specialised data on India's capital markets — including primary market fund raising (equity, debt, securitisation), listed-corporate information (insider trading, share pledging, takeover transactions, shareholding, board resolutions, AGM/EGM resolutions, annual reports, CSR, corporate actions, financial results), credit ratings, corporate bonds, bulk/block deals, mutual fund portfolios, the MCA company registry, independent director profiles, and a national registry of indicted/defaulted entities. Subscribers access these databases through subscription-based online platforms, supplemented by publications such as the PRIME Directory and related services including database creation, website development, information consulting, and data cleaning and standardization.

Product overview

PRIME Database Group operates as a comprehensive data and information services company with a portfolio of interconnected web platforms and publications serving India's capital markets. The core offering centers on primedatabase.com, a premier database on primary capital market activity since 1989, supplemented by specialized databases covering corporate bonds (primecbdatabase.com), credit ratings (primecrmdatabase.com), mutual funds (primemfdatabase.com), bulk/block deals (primebbdatabase.com), and company data (primemcadatabase.com). The company also maintains investor protection platforms like watchoutinvestors.com for tracking indicted entities and primedirectors.com for independent director placement. Supporting services include MSME mentorship (msmementor.in), PE/VC industry data (primepevcdatabase.com), and publications like the PRIME Directory and IVCA Directory. The company offers services in database creation/management, content generation, website development/management, information consulting, and data cleaning/standardization.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• PRIME Database (primedatabase.com) India's premier database on the primary capital market since 1989, covering fund raising by the Indian corporate sector and Government through equity, debt or securitisation in India or abroad. Includes databases on listed corporates covering Insider Trading, Share Pledging, Takeover Code Transactions, Shareholding, Board of Directors, AGM/EGM/Postal Ballot Resolutions, Auditors, Annual Reports, CSR, Corporate Actions, Financial Results, and Corporate Event Calendar.
• PRIME Infobase (primeinfobase.com) Comprehensive financial data platform providing data on portfolios and league tables of AUMs of Mutual Funds, audit landscape data, and corporate governance information including women on boards.
• MSME Mentor (msmementor.in) Free online platform helping Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) find professionals who can add value to their enterprises. Competent professionals enroll on the website offering their expertise, and MSMEs search, identify and reach professionals of interest.
• Prime Directors (primedirectors.com) Platform for enrolling professionals who wish to become independent directors on companies and for companies to search for independent director candidates. Lists over 24,000 highly accomplished professionals.
• Watchout Investors (watchoutinvestors.com) First-in-the-world national registry of information on companies/persons indicted for economic malpractice/non-compliance of laws/regulations/default by 43 regulatory bodies. Lists over 6,00,000 indicted/defaulted entities and has over 11 million users.
• Prime MF Database (primemfdatabase.com) Database providing data on portfolios and league tables of AUMs of Mutual Funds, daily updated.
• Prime BB Database (primebbdatabase.com) Database covering all Bulk and Block Deals on BSE & NSE, searchable by Company, Investor Name, Investor Category, Stock Exchange, Period, Buy/Sell and Amount.
• Prime CRM Database (primecrmdatabase.com) Covers all Bank Loan, Corporate Credit, Debt & Non-Debt instruments and Fixed Deposits Ratings from CRISIL, CARE, ICRA, BWR, India Ratings, SMERA and Infomerics since 01.04.2015.
• Prime CB Database (primecbdatabase.com) Covers data on listed and unlisted corporate bonds, both public and privately placed, containing primary market (issuance) and secondary market (trading) data. Provides Offer Documents/IMs/Term Sheets, cash flow details, credit rating migrations since April 2015, and daily trading transactions data of all Mutual Funds.
• PRIME MCA Database (primemcadatabase.com) Daily-updated database covering 20.57 lakh companies of which 14.78 lakh are active. Of these active companies, 13.63 lakh are private and around 75,111 are public.
• PRIME PE/VC Database (primepevcdatabase.com) Covers detailed information on PE/VC Firms investing into India and Service Providers to this industry.
• PRIME Directory Annual publication covering detailed information on primary capital market intermediaries and related organisations. India's first (since 1989) and only database dedicated to the primary capital market.
• IVCA Directory Annual directory for the Indian Venture Capital and Private Equity industry.
• Women Directors in India Publication covering Corporate India: Women on Boards data and analysis.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 5,000 institutional subscribers across diverse financial and corporate segments
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers38 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature9 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• NSE (National Stock Exchange)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNSE is listed as a co-sponsor of The Prime Directory. PRIME maintains a strategic relationship with India's largest stock exchange for data services and market information.
• NSDL (National Securities Depository Limited)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNSDL is listed as a co-sponsor of The Prime Directory. NSDL is India's first and largest depository providing dematerialization services.
• CDSL (Central Depository Services India Limited)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCDSL is listed as a co-sponsor of The Prime Directory. CDSL is one of India's two depositories providing demat services.
• MCX (Multi Commodity Exchange of India)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMCX is listed as a co-sponsor of The Prime Directory. MCX is India's largest commodity derivatives exchange.
• Kotak Mahindra BankminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKotak Mahindra Bank is listed as a co-sponsor of The Prime Directory, indicating a marketing partnership relationship.
• Trust GroupminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTrust Group is listed as a co-sponsor of The Prime Directory.
• Pantomath GroupminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPantomath Group is listed as a co-sponsor of The Prime Directory.
• Nippon India Asset ManagementminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNippon India is listed as a co-sponsor of The Prime Directory.
• Grant Thornton IndiaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGrant Thornton India is listed as a co-sponsor of The Prime Directory. Grant Thornton is a leading audit and advisory firm.
• Gaja CapitalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGaja Capital is listed as a co-sponsor of The Prime Directory. Gaja Capital is a private equity firm.
• Adfactors PRminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAdfactors PR is listed as a co-sponsor of The Prime Directory. Adfactors is a leading public relations firm.
• DIPAM (Department of Investment & Public Asset Management)coreTechnology or IntegrationPRIME developed and maintains the Investor Facilitation Platform (IFP) for DIPAM, Ministry of Finance, Government of India. This platform facilitates engagement between government, companies, and investors for the disinvestment process.
• MCA (Ministry of Corporate Affairs)coreTechnology or IntegrationPRIME developed and maintained www.iepf.gov.in investor education portal for the Investor Education & Protection Fund, MCA. The website was launched in multiple languages including English, Hindi, and 11 regional languages. Also developed PRIME MCA Database covering company registry data.
• AIBI (Association of Investment Bankers of India)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPRIME maintains the website for Association of Investment Bankers of India and Prithvi Haldea serves as Advisor to AIBI.
• BSE ( Bombay Stock Exchange)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBSE is listed as a client and co-sponsor. PRIME maintains several BSE-related databases and previously co-sponsored directorsdatabase.com with BSE.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• CMIE (Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy): India's leading provider of macroeconomic, industry, and corporate financial data through subscription databases (Economic Intelligence, CapEx, Prowess). Closest direct peer to PRIME in terms of subscription-based Indian corporate and capital market datasets sold to institutional buyers.
• ICRA: Indian credit rating agency and financial data provider covering corporate debt, banking, and structured finance. Comparable to PRIME's credit rating and corporate bond databases, serving similar institutional customers in India. Also a PRIME customer.
• CRISIL: India's largest credit rating agency and a leading provider of financial data, analytics, and research. Directly comparable as a subscription-based Indian capital market information provider serving overlapping institutional buyers (banks, asset managers, regulators). Also a current PRIME customer, evidencing product/market overlap.
• Capitaline: Indian financial database provider offering corporate fundamentals, shareholding, board, and capital market data to institutional clients. Direct competitor to PRIME's Infobase and MCA Database products for listed corporate intelligence.

Broad incumbents

• Morningstar India: Indian arm of global investment research and data provider. Overlaps with PRIME's mutual fund and investment data products, serving retail-to-institutional investors in India with broader global research depth.
• Refinitiv (LSEG): London Stock Exchange Group's financial data and analytics arm (formerly Thomson Reuters). Competes with PRIME on corporate fundamentals, primary issuance, and bond data globally, with growing India focus. Much larger scale and broader product suite.
• Bloomberg: Global financial data, analytics, and terminal provider with growing India coverage. Overlaps with PRIME on primary issuance data, corporate bonds, and equity analytics, though serves global institutional buyers and offers much broader product portfolio.
• S&P Capital IQ: S&P Global's flagship financial intelligence platform covering public and private companies, transactions, and capital markets. Direct overlap with PRIME's corporate governance and capital raising databases at the institutional enterprise tier.
• FactSet: Global financial data and analytics platform serving investment managers, investment banks, and corporates. Comparable to PRIME in serving institutional buy-side and sell-side customers with structured financial datasets.

Emerging players

• Ace Equity: India-focused financial data platform offering company financials, balance sheets, and shareholding patterns. Emerging competitor to PRIME's corporate databases with similar target customer base of Indian investors and analysts.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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