Black founders receive less than 1 percent of venture capital, according toHarvard Business Review.Black womenfounders represent less than 0.2% of companies that receive such funding. Also,81% of venture capital fundhave no black investors while70% of VCsare white and only 3% are Black. Apart from these challenges, Black entrepreneurs also have difficulties raising funds to finance...

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