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From Preserving Wealth to Investing Globally | Erika Aquino on Billion Dollar Moves

From Preserving Wealth to Investing Globally | Erika Aquino on Billion Dollar Moves

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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 Different Markets 19:00 Fiduciary Duty and Venture Debt 20:20 Erika’s Mental Health Journey 23:10 How Personal Experience Shapes Her Investing 24:40 Supporting Underdog Founders 26:20 Advice for New Family Office Investors 28:20 The Role of Angel Investors 29:40 The Rise of the Modern Matriarch 31:00 Lessons on Money, Ambition, and Vulnerability 32:00 Own Your Confidence, Purpose, and NumbersAbout Erika Aquinohttps://www.erika-aquino.com/ -- Billion Dollar Moves Podcast | The Top Global Venture & Business Podcast for Founders & Funders | Backed by HubSpot Podcast Network Conversations with billionaires, unicorn founders, and the world’s leading funders. Hosted by Sarah Chen-Spellings, Billion Dollar Moves examines how enduring companies — and the capital behind them — are built. Through long-form conversations, the show explores decision-making under uncertainty, capital allocation, and the inflection points that shape category-defining businesses. From early platform backstories to allocator frameworks used across private markets, the focus is on judgment, incentives, and long-term value creation — beyond headlines and hype. New episodes weekly. Built for those who take the long view. PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://billiondollarmoves.com Watch on Youtube: https://tinyurl.com/sarahchenglobal Join the community: https://sarah-chen.ck.page/billiondol... FOLLOW SARAH: https://linkedin.com/in/sarahchenglobal https://instagram.com/sarahchenglobal
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