From Preserving Wealth to Investing Globally | Erika Aquino on Billion Dollar Moves
About this episode
Erika Aquino discusses her family's transition from wealth preservation to purposeful global investing.
Erika Aquino is a next-generation family office allocator and angel investor building on a Filipino family business legacy. In this episode of Billion Dollar Moves, Erika shares how her family moved beyond wealth preservation to deploy capital with purpose across wellness, education, sustainability, and the future of work. We discuss how she allocates to venture, why she prefers pre-seed and seed-stage companies, what she looks for in founders, and why proximity to the problem matters. Erika also speaks candidly about mental health, personal resilience, fiduciary responsibility, and the lessons she carries from supporting more than 25 early-stage companies around the world. 00:00 Introduction 01:00 Erika Aquino’s Family Legacy 03:00 Success as a Community Measure 04:10 From Wealth Preservation to Purpose 07:20 Allocating 25% to Venture 08:45 Building a Global Investment Mandate 09:35 Direct Investments vs. Funds 11:00 Why Erika Invests at Pre-Seed and Seed 11:35 Backing Scrappy Founders 13:00 Expanding Access to Angel Investing 14:00 Investing in Solutions Close to Home 15:15 What Erika Looks for in Founders 16:20 Building a Global Founder Ecosystem 17:30 Investing Across…
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