Odunayo Eweniyi

Co-Founder and Managing Partner, First Check Africa
Odunayo Eweniyi pairs co-founder/operator experience at PiggyVest, one of Africa’s largest consumer fintechs, with serving as a General Partner, giving founders scaling advice from helping millions save and invest billions.
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Africa
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Fintech
Ecommerce
Health
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About Odunayo Eweniyi

Odunayo Eweniyi is a rare venture capital investor who simultaneously co-founded and operates PiggyVest, one of Africa's largest consumer fintech companies, while actively investing as General Partner at First Check Africa. Her dual role as both a current high-growth startup operator and full-time early-stage investor gives founders feedback from someone still building and scaling a major tech company, combined with first-hand experience helping millions of African consumers save and invest billions through digital platforms.

Odunayo Eweniyi's Interests

What they've been talking about across their social media accounts
  • Belief that successful founders must possess a level of care that goes beyond cold logic. Views emotional investment in a business as a strategic feature rather than a weakness, suggesting that skilled operators and honest business owners acknowledge the role of feelings, identity, and ambition in decision-making rather than pretending they do not exist.
  • Massive enthusiast of Formula 1 racing with a strong allegiance to Lewis Hamilton and the Ferrari team. Frequently posts live reactions to race outcomes, specific car reveals like the SF-26, and tracks the season closely, often joking about the emotional rollercoaster of hoping for a championship win versus the reality of race day performance.
  • Interest in popular culture and television, engaging with current trending shows like Love is Blind or spin-offs from the Game of Thrones universe. Opinions on media often include critiques on show formats, such as the belief that certain stories should remain limited series rather than being stretched into multiple seasons like Hijack.
  • Dedication to personal fitness and team culture, evidenced by long-term preparation for workplace competitions. Mentions participating in a steps challenge at Piggyvest, highlighting a competitive streak regarding personal walking goals tracked over several years on fitness apps.

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First Check Africa

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Fintech, Ecommerce, Health, Under-represented founders, Education
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Pre-Seed - Seed
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$100K - $1M

First Check Africa is co-founded by two active female operators—one who is simultaneously a partner at pan-African VC firm TLcom Capital and another who is co-founder/COO of leading African fintech PiggyVest—combining institutional VC experience with hands-on, current-founder operating experience in a single pre-seed vehicle. The fund writes comparatively larger first checks ($50k–$250k) to remove the "friends & family" barrier for founders, especially women who often lack wealthy personal networks, positioning itself as a commercial, returns-driven fund that views the gender gap as a mispriced opportunity rather than a CSR theme.

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