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Samara wraps up Fund II, eyes domestic capital for next
Mint Mumbai
|February 10, 2026
Samara Capital wrapped up its second fund with the sale of portfolio company SMS Integrated Facility Services to larger peer SILA Solutions Pvt. Ltd, backed by Norwest Venture Partners, a top executive at the private equity firm said.
Samara Capital has exited SMS Integrated in a ₹275-crore sale to SILA Solutions. ISTOCKPHOTO
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The deal values SMS at an enterprise value of close to ₹275 crore.The exit caps a 2014-vintage fund which delivered a gross internal rate of return of about 25% and returned over ₹7,500 crore to investors, underscoring Samara’s track record as it seeks to close Fund II and tap domestic capital for first time.
The second fund, raised in 2014 with a ₹3,000 crore corpus, including co-investments from limited partners, made 10 investments, which generated positive returns, the firm said.
This story is from the February 10, 2026 edition of Mint Mumbai.
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