Private equity (Cat II) · SEBI registry
Samara Alternate Investment Fund III India
Growth (Series C+) · E-commerce & Retail · Mumbai
At a glance
- Stage focus
- Growth (Series C+)
- Primary sector
- E-commerce & Retail
- City
- Mumbai
- HQ / office
- Mumbai, Maharashtra (Level 18, Birla Aurora, Dr Annie Besant Road, Worli/Prabhadevi)
- Fund registered
- 2023
- Investments on record
- 30
- Corpus (as reported)
- Firm has invested over USD 2 billion since inception (2007) across 30+ companies (firm-level, not fund-specific)
- Website
- samaracapital.com
- Profile ↗
About
Samara Capital is a Mumbai-headquartered mid-market private equity firm founded in 2007, managing the Samara family of AIFs; it targets controlling and growth-stage positions in market-leading Indian companies.
Investment focus
Cat II AIF / mid-market private equity; majority buyouts (MBO/MBI) and minority growth capital in consumer & retail, healthcare & pharma, financial services, and business services/technology
SEBI registration
SEBI AIF Category II — reported as “Cat II”
- IN/AIF2/23-24/1305
SIDBI Fund of Funds
None found — LPs are global institutional investors and family offices (e.g. IFC noted as an investor); no SIDBI/Indian-government FoF LP evidence
Notable portfolio
Sapphire Foods (KFC/Pizza Hut); More Retail; Paradise Biryani; Sahajanand Medical Technologies; Marengo Asia Healthcare; Nature's Essence / Blue Heaven; First Meridian Group; Sundrop Brands
Team & organisation
~60 staff including ~9 partners
Category II AIF, Fund III (multi-fund firm — three flagship funds plus co-investment vehicles). Mid-market PE manager Samara Capital Management Ltd; founded 2007 by Sumeet Narang, Gautam Gode, Radhika Dubash (ex-Citigroup/CVCI).
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- Cat II AIF / mid-market private equity; majority buyouts (MBO/MBI) and minority growth capital in consumer & retail, healthcare & pharma, financial services, and business services/technology
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About this record
- ⚑ Private equity / buyout fund (not startup VC)
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Sources: https://samaracapital.com/; https://samaracapital.com/team/