Felicia Curcuru
OAKLAND, CA
CO-FOUNDER/CEO BINTI
Why Xfactor?
I love angel investing in women! I'm passionate about supporting more women to raise their first round of funding and start companies.
Areas of Interest for Investing
I'm very founder-driven, so if I am impressed with a founder, I'll invest in many areas, but I'm most familiar with SaaS. It also has to be something net positive for the world.
Advice for XX Entrepreneurs
Work on a problem you are passionate about. Starting a company is very hard and you'll be able to stick through hard times if you care a lot about the problem you're solving.
FELICIA’S ADVICE FOR ENTREPREURS:
Work on a problem you are passionate about.
Felicia Curcuru is the Co-founder and CEO of Binti. Felicia was first introduced to the world of child welfare many years ago when her sister adopted two children.
She co-founded Binti with the vision of helping every child have a family in order to have a fair chance at life. Binti partners with government child welfare agencies building software to support more children to have loving, stable families.
Binti has raised $60M and is now ~100 people. More importantly, they've helped over 40,000 families get approved to foster/adopt children. Felicia is based in Oakland, CA.