THE FUTURE of FINANCE IS
WEB 3.0
Propelling category-leading companies fueling an inclusive digital economy
"Our Mantra"
Every company should be a fintech company
We help ambitious founders reinvent industries and transform financial services.
We help companies mobilize FinTech to reinvent and digitize all industries and financial services.
We aspire for FinTech to fuel a new open and financially inclusive economy adding billions to GDP.
Customer focused
Value oriented
Data obsessed
People centric
What we do
Unicorn Growth Capital is a pioneer FinTech VC firm
Thesis-Driven
Thesis-driven investing in early-stage FinTech-enabled companies (Seed to Series A).
Thesis-Driven
Thesis-driven investing in early-stage FinTech-enabled companies (Seed to Series A).
Mobile-Based Economy
Bridging Africa’s fast-growing mobile-based economies with the global digital ecosystem.
Mobile-Based Economy
Bridging Africa’s fast-growing mobile-based economies with the global digital ecosystem.
VC Ecosystem
Driving an inclusive economy and diverse VC ecosystem backing diverse and female founders.
VC Ecosystem
Driving an inclusive economy and diverse VC ecosystem backing diverse and female founders.
What we do
We are value-add investors in emerging global champions
Thesis-Driven
Investing in early-stage Web 3.0 companies, leveraging emerging technologies and providing critical infrastructure and embedded finance across industries.
Bridging Africa & Emerging Economies with Developed Markets
Globally scalable companies integrating fast-growing, mobile-first economies with high crypto adoption, with the global financial ecosystem
Diverse
Driving an inclusive economy by financially empowering underserved consumers and businesses. Promoting a diverse VC ecosystem by backing underrepresented and female founders
Our Focus
We provide you the use of emerging technologies
We focus on companies that are data-driven, built for the API economy, use emerging technologies (AI, blockchain, IOT) and are strategically valuable to the digital ecosystem.
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FinTech Infrastructure
– API-based and Embeddable financial infrastructure
– Decentralized infrastructure -
Embedded Finance
– Vertical SAAS players applying FinTech solutions to their industry
– Enterprise / SMB Software with embedded financial services -
Digital Financial Services
– Vertical SAAS players applying FinTech solutions to their industry
Our Focus
We invest in companies that solve major challenges and are strategically valuable to the digital ecosystem
FinTech Infrastructure
FinTech Infrastructure
• API-based
• Embeddable
• Crypto /Blockchain
• Embeddable
• Crypto /Blockchain
Embedded Finance
Embedded Finance
• Vertical SAAS
• Enterprise / SMB Software
• Marketplace
• Enterprise / SMB Software
• Marketplace
Digital Financial Services
Digital Financial Services
• B2C Digital Natives
FinTech & DeFi Infrastructure
• API-based
• Embeddable
• Crypto /Blockchain
Embedded Finance
• Vertical SAAS
• Enterprise / SMB Software
• Marketplace
• Web3 & DeFi platforms
• Enterprise / SMB Software
• Marketplace
• Web3 & DeFi platforms
Digital Financial Services
• B2C Digital and Crypto Natives
Our Companies
We’ve supported leading companies that have built the financial rails to power the digital economy
Banking automation software and decentralised payments platform
Fintech Infrastructure
AppZone is a fintech software provider building out the core infrastructure for digital financial services in Africa. The company provides banking software-as-a-service to banks, fintechs and financial service providers in 5 African countries.
Our Companies
We’ve supported leading companies that have built the financial rails to power the digital economy
Banking automation software and decentralised payments platform
Fintech Infrastructure
AppZone is a fintech software provider building out the core infrastructure for digital financial services in Africa. The company provides banking software-as-a-service to banks, fintechs and financial service providers in 5 African countries.
Our Team
Experienced Investors and Operators
We help companies
scale and win
We are a team of experienced investors and company builders with more than 50 years of combined work experience in Financial Services, Telecommunications and Technology sectors. We pride ourselves as being a supportive, hands-on partner with first-hand operator experience across Africa and globally.
Through strategic partnerships, we enable collaborations with key stakeholders such as banks, telecoms, corporates, regulators, blockchain protocols and other ecosystem players. We also aim to drive collaborations between our portfolio companies to generate synergies and bolster their customer base in addition to providing regulatory and policy guidance in our target markets.
We help companies enhance their business strategies by sharing best practices on Web 3.0 and Fintech business models. Our network of advisors and operator mentors deliver their expertise on FinTech, Web 3.0 products and advanced technologies to deepen capabilities for leveraging non-biased AI models, blockchain, and cybersecurity. We provide proven go-to-market strategies into emerging markets.
"Unicorn Growth Capital came highly recommended. We are currently mapping out a Crypto/Blockchain strategy and it became clearer after Unicorn Growth introduced us to Celo. They had a robust team and a clear understanding of how to help us reach our goals. Without Unicorn and the understanding of our vision that would not have been an easy task. Very responsive and clear. It's not all VCs that you can send a WhatsApp message and get a reply almost immediately."
Simeon OnonobiCEO 
“We chose to partner with Unicorn Growth due to their pedigree as ex-operators, local network and expertise in Africa, they have been a good addition to our investor base and have been incredibly helpful and responsive with opening their network to help us with all our initiatives”
OLA OYETAYOCEO 
"The UGC Team has been a great partner to work with. Their culture, process and unique hands-on approach have been instrumental in helping many startup founders become leaders in their space. Beyond access to capital, they have provided significant guidance as we react to market conditions, and I wholeheartedly recommend them as a superb choice for early-stage entrepreneurs.”
Michael OluwoleCEO 
Our Team
Experienced investors and operators
We help companies scale and win in their respective industries and categories
We are a team of experienced investors and company builders with more than 50 years of combined work experience in Financial Services, Telecommunications and Technology sectors. We pride ourselves as being a supportive, hands-on partner with first-hand operator experience across Africa and globally.
Through strategic partnerships, we enable collaborations with key stakeholders such as banks, telecoms, corporates, regulators and other FinTech players. We also aim to drive collaborations between our portfolio companies to generate synergies and bolster their customer base in addition to providing regulatory and policy guidance in our target markets.
We help companies enhance their business strategies by sharing best practices on financial services and FinTech-driven business models. Our network of advisors and operator mentors deliver their expertise on FinTech products and advanced technologies to deepen capabilities for leveraging non-biased AI models, blockchain, and cybersecurity. We provide proven go-to-market strategies into target FinTech/banking markets and regions in Africa and emerging markets.
CONTENT & PRESS
Our Latest News & Blogs
Women’s History Month
Video features female finance leaders, including our founder Barbara Iyayi, at Milken Institute global events.
Unlocking Liquidity Across Borders
2023 was a breakthrough year for the future of finance. There were major developments this year…
Bitmama closes $2M pre-seed co-led by Unicorn Growth Capital
Driving the utility of crypto with sustainable use cases is key to mass adoption and Bitmama has…
Why Africa has the most lucrative opportunity for fintech, DeFi, and Web3
Barbara Iyayi of Unicorn Growth Capital is looking to back fintech startups who can build…
Churpy raises $1 million led by Unicorn Growth Capital
Churpy is the only available end-to-end platform that provides accounts receivable automation, an invoice marketplace…
Fonbnk Completes $3.5 Million Oversubscribed Seed Round
Fonbnk enables unbanked and underbanked mobile-first users in emerging markets such as Africa and Latin…
Duncan Muchangi at Africa Tech Summit discussing opportunities in Web3.0 at Money & Defi Panel
Our Principal, Duncan Muchangi joined other panelists discussing Web3.0 and investment opportunities in Africa at…
Unicorn Growth Capital leads Credrails' $2.5M Seed Round
Credrails is building the open banking infrastructure for Africa by connecting banks, mobile money, and offline…
Unicorn Growth Capital Co-leads ThankUCash $5.3m Seed Round
We’re pleased to announce that we co-led an investment in Connected Analytics (ThankUCash), a Nigerian…
Barbara Iyayi on Techstars Fintech Roundtable: Finteching the Unbanked
Unicorn Growth Capital CEO and Founding Partner, Barbara Iyayi, will be part of the upcoming…
Unicorn Growth Capital Invests in VertoFX $10 million Series A funding.
VertoFX, a global B2B payments platform that provides a fast, simple, and reliable way for…
Barbara Iyayi and Chris Mathias appointed to Web Foundation Board of Directors
The Covid-19 crisis has underscored like never before why web access must be a public…
read our latest posts
Our Blog
Women’s History Month
Video features female finance leaders, including our founder Barbara Iyayi, at Milken Institute global events.
Unlocking Liquidity Across Borders
2023 was a breakthrough year for the future of finance. There were major developments this year that…
Bitmama closes $2M pre-seed co-led by Unicorn Growth Capital
Driving the utility of crypto with sustainable use cases is key to mass adoption and Bitmama has cleverly…
Why Africa has the most lucrative opportunity for fintech, DeFi, and Web3
Barbara Iyayi of Unicorn Growth Capital is looking to back fintech startups who can build Africa’s…
Churpy raises $1 million led by Unicorn Growth Capital
Churpy is the only available end-to-end platform that provides accounts receivable automation, an invoice marketplace and…
Fonbnk Completes $3.5 Million Oversubscribed Seed Round
Fonbnk enables unbanked and underbanked mobile-first users in emerging markets such as Africa and Latin America,…
Duncan Muchangi at Africa Tech Summit discussing opportunities in Web3.0 at Money & Defi Panel
Our Principal, Duncan Muchangi joined other panelists discussing Web3.0 and investment opportunities in Africa at the…
Unicorn Growth Capital leads Credrails' $2.5M Seed Round
Credrails is building the open banking infrastructure for Africa by connecting banks, mobile money, and offline data…
Unicorn Growth Capital Co-leads ThankUCash $5.3m Seed Round
We’re pleased to announce that we co-led an investment in Connected Analytics (ThankUCash), a Nigerian multi-merchant…
Barbara Iyayi on Techstars Fintech Roundtable: Finteching the Unbanked
Unicorn Growth Capital CEO and Founding Partner, Barbara Iyayi, will be part of the upcoming Techstars…
Unicorn Growth Capital Invests in VertoFX $10 million Series A funding.
VertoFX, a global B2B payments platform that provides a fast, simple, and reliable way for small…
Barbara Iyayi and Chris Mathias appointed to Web Foundation Board of Directors
The Covid-19 crisis has underscored like never before why web access must be a public good…
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