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

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