Although the COVID-19 pandemic hit the startup world hard with layoffs, those that did survive pulled in record amounts of venture capital funding – $130 billion in 2020. 

But often left behind were startups founded by people of color, especially Black Americans, who are logging extra hours to carve out a space in the booming sector. 

CGTN's Mark Niu reports from California. 

The founder and CEO of tEQuitable, a tech-enabled platform that helps employees and companies address workplace bias, discrimination and harassment talks with CGTN's Mark Niu about the challenges Black entrepreneurs face in the tech world.

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