Ask Me Anything Series | Nagaraja Prakasam | Partner, Acumen Fund & Lead Angel and Founding Angel , Indian Angel Network I July 30, 2020 | 5.30 PM to 6.30 PM
#ASK_ME_ANYTHING_SERIES
The IIT Madras HTIC Medtech Incubator is excited to host the “Ask Me Anything Series” weekly. We will be bringing in experts from different sectors to answer some pertinent questions that matter the most to entrepreneurs / start-ups.
Session Topic: ASK ME ANYTHING
Speaker: Mr. Nagaraja Prakasam – Partner, Acumen Fund & Lead Angel and Founding Angel , Indian Angel Network (LinkedIn)
Date: 30th July 2020 (Thursday)
Time: 5.30PM – 6.30PM
To Register: https://forms.gle/vr5aBw9QrL2b3miSA
Link to join: https://meet.google.com/mpd-wqoi-ces
Mr. Nagaraja Prakasam Partner, Acumen Fund & Lead Angel and Founding Angel , Indian Angel Network
Nagaraja Prakasam is a versatile and passionate leader with 27 years of global experience (decade in the USA, rest in India). As a full time lead angel investor, lead 15 deals, invested in 23 start-ups, serves 12 boards, seen 6 exits, 2 write-offs. Spearheaded Impact thinking in Indian Angel Network and co-founded IAN Impact. Delivered C.K.Prahalad memorial lecture at WorldCoCreationDay. Chaired “Green Revolution 2.0 – Food Security and the role of innovation” at 10th CII Innovation Summit. Spoke at launch of Bank of Innovations and Ideas (BII) by the Ministry of Rural Development along with Dr.Abdul Kalam. Awarded “Successful Person 2015/Vetri Tamilar” by Sangam4, Chennai. Proud to join CMs of Rajasthan and Assam to unveil state startup policy.
Nagaraja Prakasam is also a Founder Chairman of Nativelead foundation (NLF) – enables entrepreneurship in non-metros of Tamilnadu, with the vision to Enable, Nurture, Incubate, Invest (Native Angels). Nativelead grown into 242 angels in Madurai, Trichy, Coimbatore, Erode, Tuticorin, Karur, Tirunelveli with 7 investments, touching 120 startups, 37 colleges. Replicated Nativlead model in Malabar area of Kerala as MiZone/Malabar Angels. Served as President of Atlanta and San Diego Chapters for the Association for India’s Development (AID). AID received Times of India Social Impact award in 2011 from the Prime Minister. Earlier in his career, as President of CDC Software (world’s 12th largest enterprise software company) South & Southeast Asia, managed sales and India Engineering Centre of Excellence.
