Full-time lead angel investor; Founder Chairman, Nativelead Foundation
Nagaraja “Naga” Prakasam is a Bengaluru-based angel investor who spent 16 years at CDC Software, rising from Systems Engineer to President for South & Southeast Asia. His Indian Angel Network profile describes him as a full-time lead angel investor who has led 15 deals, invested in 23 startups and served on 12 boards; his own site puts the figures at 33 startups across 65-plus rounds with 16 deals led. He co-founded IAN Impact within the Indian Angel Network and is Founder Chairman of the Nativelead Foundation, which has grown to 242 angels across non-metro Tamil Nadu. He is also a Partner and Advisor at Acumen, a New York-based non-profit impact venture fund, and served as an independent director at its portfolio company Guardian. He holds a B.E. from Thiagarajar College of Engineering and an MBA from San Diego/Kennesaw State University, and was still running startup pitch sessions as a visiting angel investor in July 2025.
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