Samara Capital

Company backed by Amazon and Samara Capital aims to go public in 12-18 months, reduce debt, and expand store network from 775 to 3,000 by the end of the decade

Private equity firm's planned listings come as it continues focus on mid-market buyouts

Investment leaders from Bain Capital, Samara Capital, BlackSoil Capital, and Multiples Alternate Asset Management speak about capital flow, business and startup growth at the BS BFSI Insight Summit

The joint venture was looking to raise funds at $2 bn valuation

The Amazon-Samara combine has approached family offices and domestic capital investors for the deal, sources said

Lightspeed is the second PE fund approached by Metro AG, apart from Samara Capital, say sources

Exact stake size not revealed, sources put the number at 70%

The Mumbai-based company is looking to invest in businesses ranging from retail and health care to technology and finance.

Independent directors of Future Retail have turned down Amazon's offer of financial support to the company through a deal with private equity firm Samara Capital

FRL had set conditions to accept Amazon's proposal in a letter sent to the US e-commerce firm dated January 21

Witzig has allotted a total of 193 million equity shares to the investors to raise this capital at a premium of Rs 4.28 per share and paid-up capital of Rs 10 per share

Future Supply Chain Solutions (FSC) is a third-party supply chain and logistics service provider that offers warehousing facilities also.

To use these to buy more firms in each such segment

Samara was recently in news for talks to acquire Aditya Birla Retail

The India-focused private equity fund invests in small and mid-size private companies, with an investment range of $15 to $100 million