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Bio Excerpt: Zoë Barry built and sold a multimillion-dollar healthcare tech company before deciding the racetrack needed her competitive edge. She made her semi-pro debut in 2022 with Porsche Sprint Challenge North America, consistently landing top-three GT4 finishes in International GT by 2023. In 2025, Barry co-founded DART... (full bio below ↓↓)

Zoë Barry

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Zoë Barry is a serial entrepreneur, angel investor, and competitive race car driver who built a multimillion-dollar healthcare tech company before selling it—and then decided to dominate on the racetrack, co-founding a female-led racing team that’s shaking up the motorsports world.

EARLY YEARS

Born on January 21, 1985, Barry grew up splitting her time between the competitive worlds of Wall Street and the rugged, demanding lifestyle of a serial athlete. She attended Columbia University in New York City, earning a B.A. in Anthropology—a degree that might seem unlikely for someone who’d go on to launch tech startups and race GT4 cars, but Barry has never been predictable. She credits her toughness and grit to growing up as a competitive athlete, traits that would serve her well both in boardrooms and at 150 mph. Her family spent summers on Nantucket, where she developed a fierce, go-getter mentality that would define her career—and her approach to racing.

OTHER INTERESTS

When she’s not building companies or racing, Barry mentors undergraduates through the Columbia College Women in Business Society and serves as a mentor in residence with Techstars. She’s also a dedicated angel investor, co-founding xxAngels, an investment group that primarily leads funding rounds for early-stage tech companies with female founders. Her portfolio includes women-led startups like FutureFuel, ianacare, Pixi Cycling, and RDMD. In her downtime—what little there is—she enjoys shredding the Colorado slopes and, by her own description, consuming alarming amounts of coffee. The racing bug bit her hard, and she’s described herself as an “amateur race car driver” with the kind of modesty that belies consistent podium finishes.

EARLY SUCCESS

Barry started her career on Wall Street, working for hedge fund Dawson Capital and broker-dealer firm DeMatteo Monness. But her entrepreneurial instincts kicked in after a deeply personal experience: her brother was diagnosed with severe epilepsy, and her family struggled to navigate the labyrinthine process of securing specialized medications. Frustrated by the inefficiency, she founded ZappRx in 2012, a digital health company designed to modernize and streamline how patients access specialty medications. By the time she was 26, Barry had launched the company and raised $42 million in venture capital—a feat that earned her spots on Inc. Magazine’s 30 Entrepreneurs Under 30, Boston Business Journal’s 40 Under 40, and Medtech Boston’s 40 Under 40 Healthcare Innovators, all in 2015. In 2019, Allscripts acquired ZappRx for an undisclosed amount, validating years of relentless work. She then pivoted to founding Zingeroo in 2019, a fintech startup with roughly 10 employees—50% of whom are women—continuing her track record of building companies with purpose and punch.

NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS

2015: Named to Inc. Magazine’s 30 Entrepreneurs Under 30[1].
2015: Recognized in Boston Business Journal’s 40 Under 40[2].
2015: Named one of Medtech Boston’s 40 Under 40 Healthcare Innovators[3].
2019: Sold ZappRx to Allscripts[4].
2019: Founded Zingeroo, a fintech startup[5].
2022: Made her semi-pro racing debut in Porsche Sprint Challenge North America, finishing 8th overall in the Cayman class with 383 points[6].
2023: Consistently finished in the top 3 in the GT4 class of International GT[7].
2024: Took second place in International GT sprint race 2 at Sebring, and third in sprint race 1, rounding out a weekend of podium finishes[8].
2024: Continued top-3 finishes in International GT’s GT4 class[9].
2025: Co-founded Driven Artists Racing Team (DART Car), a female-led racing team, alongside Spring McManus and Aurora Straus[10].
2025: Made her GT4 America debut with co-driver Aurora Straus at Sonoma Raceway, finishing fourth in the AM class in their first race after avoiding an opening-lap crash that eliminated multiple AM class cars[11].
2025: Announced that artist Mickalene Thomas designed a custom wrap for DART Car’s McLaren Artura GT4[12].

INSPIRATIONS

Barry credits her mother for instilling in her a relentless work ethic and an award-winning approach to creativity—her mother is also a recognized blogger at Homeschool Happymess. The challenges her brother faced navigating the healthcare system inspired her to build ZappRx, turning personal frustration into entrepreneurial fuel. Her drive to compete in motorsports stems from the same place: a refusal to accept limits. She’s one of the few women racing in series like Porsche Sprint Challenge, where she was the only woman competing on the West Coast in 2022, and she’s vocal about the need for more female representation in racing.

REPUTATION

Barry has built a reputation as someone who doesn’t just talk about breaking barriers—she obliterates them. In the business world, she’s known for her ability to raise significant capital, build teams with strong gender diversity, and exit successfully. On the track, she’s earned respect as a consistent, competitive driver who shows up, races clean, and finishes on podiums. The launch of DART Car in 2025 solidified her status as a trailblazer: a female-led racing team co-founded by Barry, Spring McManus, and Aurora Straus that’s already turning heads with its fusion of art and racing. With a custom McLaren Artura GT4 wrapped by renowned artist Mickalene Thomas, DART Car is as much a statement as it is a race team. Barry is widely read, widely respected, and—most importantly—widely watched. She represents a small percentage of women in car racing, and she’s making every lap count.

FUTURE GOALS/PLANS

Barry and DART Car are locked in for a full 2025 Pirelli GT4 America campaign, and they’re not stopping there. In January 2026, the team will compete in the 24H Series Middle East Trophy in Dubai and Abu Dhabi as the first all-female-led team in the series—a bold move that underscores Barry’s commitment to expanding opportunities for women in motorsports. With Zingeroo continuing to grow and her racing career gaining momentum, Barry shows no signs of slowing down. She’s balancing life as a CEO, investor, mentor, and race car driver with the kind of intensity most people reserve for one career, let alone four.