Alicia Castillo is an agronomist from Universidad Central de Venezuela, she is a prolific investor based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is part of Sand Hill Angels and she currently runs the wealthing.com institute.

Alicia has written a number of books, “Funding your million dollar idea” and created more than 18 companies.  She runs a nonprofit Boxoflife to support Ancianato San Jose in Aragua Venezuela.

In this interview Alicia explains her approach to investing in companies and her passion for supporting entrepreneurs of all backgrounds, women and what in the US is known as “minority groups”. Alicia created the first seed capital fund in Chile.

Before being an investor in Silicon Valley, Alicia made a career in research and product development in Bayer and Shell in Venezuela for the agricultural industry. She championed laws and regulation that balanced productivity and the environment, fostering collaboration across industry players.