Why VOA spends six months inside startups before deciding to invest

Most investors decide whether to back a startup after a pitch, a handful of meetings and several weeks of due diligence. Victoria Olayide Adesanya, founder of VOA Venture Partners, an Africa-focused venture capital firm , demands something more before writing a cheque: she wants to spend six months working inside the business. VOA backs startups building the financial infrastructure that moves money into and out of Africa, with a focus on founders from the African diaspora.