Felicia Persaud

Felicia J. Persaud is a Guyana-born Caribbean-American entrepreneur, award-winning journalist, and founder of the ICN Group - a New York-based ecosystem of AI-powered platforms spanning global debt capital, media distribution, and investment advisory. She is the founder of AI Capital Exchange, an AI-powered global debt capital pre-qualification platform connecting businesses and projects of $1M+ to capital sources across emerging markets, including the Caribbean, Latin America, and beyond. Felicia is also the founder of Hard Beat Communications, a pioneer in digital media publishing and press release distribution serving the Caribbean and its diaspora since 2004, and a partner of PR Newswire through CaribPR Wire. Her syndicated news network, News Americas Now, reaches audiences across Google News, Apple News, and dozens of media outlets globally. As the founder of Invest Caribbean, she has spent over a decade promoting private-sector investment across the Caribbean region and globally. She is also a weekly immigration columnist for the New York Amsterdam News and a recognized expert on Caribbean affairs in the U.S. State Department Speakers Database. A Nasdaq Milestone Circle graduate and Comcast RISE 2021 winner, Felicia is connecting global capital to emerging markets - one deal, one story, and one platform at a time.