Samara Capital
VC Fund
Mumbai, India
Samara Capital is an entrepreneurially run India focused private equity firm. Samara invests in Emerging Indian Companies (EICs) – which it defines as those businesses that are poised for rapid transformation due to a strong entrepreneurial minded management team and a favorable external context.Being an entrepreneurial firm itself, Samaravalues and understands the importance of relationship comfort, freedom, trust, nimbleness and flexibility, which is what it seeks from and gives to its partner entrepreneurs.
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 40%
Last updated:
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Industries Samara Capital invests in
Stages Samara Capital invests in
Countries Samara Capital invests in
Contacts
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Anchit Gupta
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Gautam Gode
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Sumeet Narang
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Vikram Agarwal
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Health Care 3 (60%)
- Medical 2 (40%)
- Medical Device 2 (40%)
- Banking 1 (20%)
- FinTech 1 (20%)
Stage
- Private Equity 2 (40%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (20%)
- Series C 1 (20%)
- Funding Round 1 (20%)
Country
- India 4 (80%)
- United States 1 (20%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
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Anchit Gupta
Managing Director
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Managing Director | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
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Gautam Gode
Co-Founder & Managing Director
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Co-Founder & Managing Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Sumeet Narang
Founder and Managing Director
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Founder and Managing Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Vikram Agarwal
Director and Chief Financial Officer
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Director and Chief Financial Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Marengo Asia Healthcare
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Marengo Asia Healthcare is a platform that will run multispecialty hospital chains formed by Samara Capital, Havells Family Investment Office, and Godrej Family Investment Office. | Pre-Seed / Oct 28, 2021 | |
Terns Pharmaceuticals
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Terns Pharmaceuticals develops small-molecule therapies for chronic diseases including cancer, metabolic disorders, and liver conditions. The company designs drug candidates that target specific biological pathways involved in disease progression, using medicinal chemistry and translational science approaches. Its pipeline includes programs aimedat cancers with defined genetic drivers as well as treatments for conditions like nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and obesity. Terns Pharmaceuticals conducts preclinical research and clinical trials to evaluate safety, efficacy, and dosing of its compounds. The organization collaborates with research partners and contract organizations to support development, regulatory processes, and data generation. | $87M / Series C / Jan 05, 2021 | |
Sahajanand Medical Technologies
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A leading developer and manufacturer of minimally invasive coronary stent systems, with one of the broadest product portfolios in the industry. they have a strong international presence with footprints in more than 40 countries. SMT believe in continuous innovation and up-gradation of our portfolio in order to cater your healthcare needs. Theircommitment is to advance the patient care by introducing state of the art medical devices which will enable us to save precious lives. They are committed to the welfare of all the patients around the world. Their portfolio includes drug eluting stents, bare metal stents, balloon catheters and inflation devices. Their aim is to expand our portfolio which will comprehensively cover all facets of cardiovascular treatment support. | $27.4M / Private Equity / Jan 10, 2018 | |
RBL Bank
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RBL Bank is a private-sector bank that offers personal, preferred, business, and wholesale banking services. It is continuously expanding its presence across India through a growing network of branches and ATMs.Established in 1943, RBL Bank undertook a transformational journey under a new management team in 2010. RBL Bank embarked on anaggressive growth plan based on a robust platform of strong governance, relationships, technology infrastructure, high-quality capital, and geographic expansion. Over the last two years, it has infused capital of over र 1,100 Crore from some of the most notable global and domestic names, taking the TIER 1 capital to र 1,600 Crore (approx.)Today, RBL Bank offers specialized services under the five business verticals: namely Corporate & Institutional Banking, Commercial Banking, Retail Banking, Agri & Development Banking, and Financial Markets. The bank currently services over 5 Lakh customers and has a total business size of over Rs. 14,500 Crore. | $1.9M / Feb 11, 2011 | |
Thyrocare Technologies
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Thyrocare Technologies Limited is India's first fully automated diagnostic laboratory with a focus on providing quality reports at affordable costs to laboratories and hospitals in India and other countries.Thyrocare operates this unique centralised laboratory model with the focus on strong technologies, strong brands and strong systemsthat enable all laboratories to give their clients the best of science and technology at affordable costs. | Private Equity |
Co-Investors
Beacon India Private Equity Fund
1 deal together
Cartica
1 deal together
CX Partners
1 deal together
Deerfield
1 deal together
Deerfield Management
1 deal together
Eli Lilly
1 deal together
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What does Samara Capital invest in?
Samara Capital invests primarily in Health Care, Medical and Medical Device startups, most often at Private Equity and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The team at Samara Capital includes Anchit Gupta (Managing Director), Gautam Gode (Co-Founder & Managing Director) and Sumeet Narang (Founder and Managing Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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