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Nagaraja Prakasam is a bearded man with a book in his hand. He wears a colourful handloom shirt and an overcoat with his name embossed on it — Naga. It is a walking advertisement for one of the social enterprises he has invested in, GoCoop — a marketplace for handlooms and crafts from India. A serial entrepreneur, he calls himself Naga the Farmer.
Nagaraja is a hands-on investor, identifying startups which others ignore or which seem to be a long bet. For example, Uniphore, which later became a unicorn, was rejected by quite a few investors before Nagaraja picked it up. Today, it is one of the largest global AI-native companies.
Nagaraja is now an author as his book Back to Bharat: In Search of a Sustainable Future has hit the shelves. He speaks to indianexpress.com about his debut book, his journey, and his goal of empowering social enterprises.