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Black Women Still Receive Just A Tiny Fraction Of VC Funding Despite 5-Year High



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Editor’s note: This article is part of Something Ventured, an ongoing series by Crunchbase News examining diversity and access to capital in the venture-backed startup ecosystem. As part of this series on venture funding to Black entrepreneurs, we also look at how venture funding to Black startup founders has grown over the past year and at Georgia, the state that invests the highest percentage of its VC funding into Black entrepreneurs. Access the full Something Ventured project here. 

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