Unicorn Growth Capital

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Unicorn Growth Capital is a venture capital firm based in Nigeria, investing in Finance & Blockchain, Consumer Fintech and Mobile Payments, 2 tracked investments.

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About Unicorn Growth Capital

Unicorn Growth Capital is a venture capital firm based in Nigeria. Brouky tracks 2 investments associated with the firm.

Unicorn Growth Capital invests across Finance & Blockchain, Consumer Fintech, Mobile Payments and Cash Back. Coverage extends to 8 sectors in total. Participation spans Seed and Series A rounds.

Focuses on early-stage companies in Nigeria, particularly in the fintech and blockchain sectors. Invests in B2C companies.

Investment Focus

Stage Focus

seedseries-a

Sectors

Finance & BlockchainConsumer FintechMobile Paymentscash-backfintechloyalty-pointspaymentsconsumer-fintech

Investment Thesis

Focuses on early-stage companies in Nigeria, particularly in the fintech and blockchain sectors. Invests in B2C companies.

Team

Barbara IyayiCEO and Founding Partner

Experienced investor and operator with more than 50 years of combined work experience in Financial Services, Telecommunications and Technology sectors.

Maria PienaarOperating Partner

Operating Partner at Unicorn Growth Capital, part of experienced team of investors and company builders.

Duncan MuchangiPrincipal

Principal at Unicorn Growth Capital, participated in Africa Tech Summit discussing opportunities in Web3.0 at Money & DeFi Panel.

Obi Emetarom

Team member at AppZone, banking automation software and decentralised payments platform.

Emeka Emetarom

Team member at AppZone, banking automation software and decentralised payments platform.

Wale Onawunmi

Team member at AppZone, banking automation software and decentralised payments platform.

Yvonne Johnson

Team member at Indicina, AI-powered lending-as-a-service and analytics platform.

Carlos del Carpio

Team member at Indicina, AI-powered lending-as-a-service and analytics platform.

Anthony Oduwole

Team member at VertoFX, cross-border payments and digital banking platform.

Ola OyetayoCEO

CEO of portfolio company, stated: 'We chose to partner with Unicorn Growth due to their pedigree as ex-operators, local network and expertise in Africa.'

Oluwole Michael

Team member at Tap, payment platform digitizing microtransactions in cash-based industries.

Afolabi Olamide

Team member at Tap, payment platform digitizing microtransactions in cash-based industries.