Promoter profiles
One person, and every company they have run.
A record of one promoter (a founder or controlling owner) or director, built from registry and court filings and matched by their DIN (director identification number). Every company they ran, how each one ended, and any case or order that names them.
Funds and family offices
You are backing a founder whose earlier ventures you know only from the founder. The bio lists two. The registry may list seven.
Private credit lenders
A promoter stands behind the loan and the sanction note asks for a track record. You want it from the register and not from the promoter's own CV.
Boards and CFOs
You are about to appoint a director. Search before the board vote, not after the press query.
One person's corporate life, traced through their DIN. Every company they directed or owned and what became of it, joined to public cases, orders and published press, each dated and linked. It is read by whoever has to sign off on the person: the deal partner, the credit head or the nomination committee.
Promoter was a director of two companies removed from the register for non-filing (2019, 2021). Neither appears in the founder's bio. One had a registered charge still open at removal.
Illustrative finding. Not a real company.
What lands on your desk
Profile, about two pages
Companies, roles, dates and outcomes, each fact sourced. The page the committee reads.
Linked-entity map
Companies tied to the person by directorship or shareholding, with the filing that creates each link.
Cases and orders table
Matters naming the person or their companies: forum, stage, amount, link.
Points to raise
What the record shows that is worth putting to the person directly. Why a company stopped filing in 2020 is a better first question than anything in the pitch.
How the work runs
Confirm the person
We match name, DIN, date of birth where the filing carries it, and known companies in MCA21, so the profile is about the right individual. Common names are the main source of false hits.
Trace every directorship
Current and past directorships by DIN, with appointment and exit dates. Shareholdings from filed returns and ownership filings where they exist. The same co-directors recurring across failed companies are noted.
Check each outcome
Active, removed from the register, insolvent or in liquidation. For each, the auditor exits, the late filings, and any charge still open when the person left.
Search cases, orders
eCourts, NCLT and NGT and IBBI and NCLT insolvency records, orders published by SEBI, and any public list of disqualified directors.
Analyst review
A named analyst resolves name matches, removes false positives and writes down the evidence for every link, so each link can be challenged.
Directorships
Every board seat, past and present, and the status of each company: active, struck off, insolvent.
Disqualification
Any disqualification and its dates, where the register publishes them.
Group charges
Charges on companies the person controls or sits on, found through Form CHG-1 charge registrations.
Shareholding and pledges
Holdings, changes, and pledges where the entity is listed.
Cases
Proceedings in eCourts, NCLT and NGT where the person is a party or a director.
Regulatory record
Orders and notices from SEBI and from banking and tax authorities, and insolvency records in IBBI and NCLT insolvency records, where public.
Related entities
Companies that share addresses, directors or auditors with the person's companies.
What was left behind
The companies the person has left, and what happened to their lenders and investors where the record shows it.
Press
An adverse-media screen with links.
Extension with the person's consent: references and a personal-asset review.
Name the person and the company, and pay. Clock starts.
Name and identifier linkages are matched and every related company is pulled.
Records for each company are read and joined into one picture.
A named analyst confirms it is the right person, and reads each flag.
One profile per person delivered.
Usually (our estimate)
Usually 3 to 5 days per person, and often less complete, because the name search stops at the first company.
Kubr
2 to 5 Business Days from a complete data set.
Typical times are targets we are still testing in the pilot. The 2 to 5 day window is the commitment. Terms in Disclosures.
What the cases taught us
Related-party links appear in many of the 483 cases, and diversion to related parties in many of them. The web around the promoter is where they show.
Governance signals feature in many cases. Repeated exits from failed companies are a governance signal, and they are public.
We do not judge character. We show the record, dated and linked.
Counts come from our first review of the public cases in the casebook on this site. We mapped each case, on hindsight, to the checks that could have surfaced it. It is our reading, not a finding about any company. Many cases describe allegations that are contested. See the cases
ChecksWhat we check, in plain words
| Check | What it means | An illustration (invented) | It can mislead when |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ownership / related-party links | We look for hidden ties between the company's counterparties and its owners, through directors, shareholders, addresses, phones and auditors. | A supplier paid ₹3 crore shares a registered address with the promoter's brother. | Nominee directors and offshore layers hide links. Name matching throws up false positives, so every flag shows its evidence path. |
| Regulatory & litigation records | We search courts, tribunals, regulators and insolvency records for cases and orders against the company, its owners and its past firms. | A promoter's earlier company was barred by a regulator two years ago. | Court records lag and name spellings vary. A clean record can mean the problem has not reached court yet. |
| Governance signals | We read the warning signs around the company: auditor changes, qualified opinions, executives leaving, pledged shares and late filings. | The auditor resigned mid-year and the company filed its accounts late. | Private companies file late, so these signals are lagging. Kubr uses them to support other flags, not to prove anything alone. |
What it will not tell you
- Personal bank accounts, tax records and wealth are out of scope. We do not seek them without the person's consent.
- Credit bureau reports go to members and subscribers. The person can share their own.
- Interests held through nominees, trusts or offshore entities may not appear in local filings. Where a structure suggests one, we flag it and no more.
- We do not judge intent or character. A name match we cannot confirm is shown as unconfirmed.
Not in this service: reach personal financial data without the person's consent.
What it can do
- List every company a person has directed, with appointment and exit dates, from their DIN.
- Show how each ended: active, removed from the register, insolvency or liquidation.
- Find cases and regulator or insolvency orders naming the person or their companies.
- Check the public list of disqualified directors, where the market keeps one.
Why it differs from the usual way
Usually
A background check searches a name and reads the news.Kubr
We start from the DIN, so every filing ties to the right person and a common name does not sink the search.Usually
Past ventures come from the founder's bio.Kubr
Each company comes from the registry, with how it ended. A company struck off for non-filing reads differently from one wound up with lenders unpaid.Usually
Links between people and companies are asserted.Kubr
Every link shows its filing, role and date.Records we examine
| Record | What we take from it |
|---|---|
| Company registry (MCA21) | officer records and shareholdings |
| Disqualified-directors list, where the market keeps one | |
| Court and insolvency records (eCourts, NCLT and NGT) | |
| Regulator orders (SEBI) |
Some records need the company's consent. The report says which were pulled from source and which the company supplied.
In India
- What we pull here
- Directorships and DIN history, MCA21 filings, disqualifications, court and tribunal records, SEBI orders, shares pledged by promoters and press.
- What is thinner here
- Personal data of individuals is handled under the DPDP Act. Personal tax and credit data need the promoter's own consent.
What it costs
₹25,000 / profile. It does not move with deal size.
Questions
Do you tell the person?
We do not contact the person as part of the work. The profile uses public records. Personal data is used only for the stated diligence purpose. Where privacy law requires notice to the person, we give it or record why it is not required.
Does a struck-off company mean wrongdoing?
No. Many are struck off for plain non-filing after a business winds down. We show how each ended and whether a lender was left outstanding, where the record shows it. What it means is your call.
Can you profile people who worked abroad?
We search the records of the market in scope. For a career abroad, the profile names the jurisdictions not searched.
Can I order several at once?
Yes. A founding team runs in parallel, priced per person.
Often paired with
Start with one company.
We reply within one business day with scope, price and a date. Indicative prices in INR, before GST at 18%. Scope and price are fixed in the engagement letter.