# Barbara Iyayi

> Barbara Iyayi is a seed investor at Unicorn Growth Capital backing FinTech. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Unicorn Growth Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/unicorn-growth-capital)
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Mar 2022
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbara-iyayi-41289412
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/barbara_iyayi
- Website: https://www.unicorngrowthcap.com

Barbara Iyayi is a seed investor at Unicorn Growth Capital focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Barbara Iyayi is the Founding Partner and CEO of Unicorn Growth Capital. She is the CEO and Co-Founder of Liquid Credit Inc. She attended Harvard Business School.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 1 | 50% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kenya | 1 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Churpy | Churpy is a SaaS helping businesses manage B2B receivable operations securely & scalably | $1M | Seed | Mar 29, 2022 | https://www.churpy.co |
| ThankUCash | ThankUCash is a technology company powering rewards and loyalty for African banks and businesses. ThankUCash helps merchants grow revenue by connecting them to customers within and outside of their locations while retaining acquired customers using a data analytics-powered reward system where customers earn cash rewards for every transaction madeboth offline and online. | $5.3M | Seed | Dec 19, 2021 | https://Facebook.com/thankucash |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Expert Dojo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/expert-dojo) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Accelerex Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accelerex-holdings) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Betatron Venture Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/betatron-venture-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Nairobi Business Angel Network](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nairobi-business-angel-network) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Unicorn Growth Capital

VC Fund · New York, United States

Unicorn Growth Capital is a women-led VC firm that invests in category-leading companies transforming the financial services infrastructure of the digital economy

2 contacts available at Unicorn Growth Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Barbara Iyayi | Founding Partner and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/barbara-iyayi |
| Raunak Jain | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/raunak-jain-ea07 |

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## FAQ

### What does Barbara Iyayi invest in?

Barbara Iyayi invests primarily in FinTech and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Kenya. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Barbara Iyayi?

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### When did Barbara Iyayi last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Barbara Iyayi closed in Mar 2022. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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