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Since 2022, Odunayo Eweniyi has backed 3 African startups across 3 disclosed funding rounds totaling $5.4M, most heavily in Nigeria and Real Estate & Property.
Odunayo Eweniyi is a serial entrepreneur and fintech pioneer based in Lagos and London. She is the co-founder and Chief Operations Officer of PiggyVest, Nigeria's largest digital savings and investment platform, which serves over 6 million users and manages assets exceeding $250 million. Beyond PiggyVest, Eweniyi co-founded FirstCheck Africa, an early-stage venture capital firm investing in tech startups founded or co-founded by women, and previously co-founded PushCV, a major African job recruitment platform. As an investor, Eweniyi focuses on seed-stage companies across Nigeria, with particular emphasis on fintech, productivity tools, and real estate technology. Her investment portfolio includes companies such as Sudo, a developer-first payments API platform; Norebase, a compliance and market expansion tool; and Venco, a property management platform. Between March and December 2022, she invested approximately $5.4 million across three seed-stage rounds, often co-investing with established venture capital firms and angel investors. Eweniyi's work spans financial inclusion, gender equity in technology, and entrepreneurship support. She serves as a board member at Village Capital and sits on advisory boards for TrainFuture and the Gender Lens Acceleration Best Practices Initiative. Her recognition includes Forbes Africa 30 Under 30 (2019), Bloomberg's New Economy Catalysts (2022), and TIME100 Next (2021).
Data updated · Mar 27, 2026
Odunayo Eweniyi has backed 3 African startups across 3 disclosed funding rounds tracked on Liners, totaling $5.4M since 2022.
Mostly Seed: 3 of its 3 tracked rounds are at that stage.
Odunayo Eweniyi's tracked rounds are concentrated in Nigeria (3).
Its tracked rounds lean toward Real Estate & Property (1), Legal and Compliance (1), Fintech (1).
Odunayo Eweniyi most often shares rounds with Voltron Capital (2 shared deals), Oo Nwoye (1 shared deal), Tayo Oviosu (1 shared deal).
Eweniyi has backed Sudo, a fintech platform offering developer-first payment APIs; Norebase, a productivity tool for business compliance and market expansion; and Venco, a real estate management platform. All three companies are based in Nigeria and received seed-stage funding in 2022.
Odunayo Eweniyi operates as both. She is the co-founder and General Partner of FirstCheck Africa, a venture capital firm focused on women-led startups, while also making individual seed-stage investments in African technology companies.