WILLIAM MARSDEN At the start of 2020, Black Girl Ventures, a network which helps Black and brown women entrepreneurs find access to capital, was on the brink of expanding its footprint to 25 more cities in the US. But, after successfully launching two in-person capital-raising boards â called chapters â in Houston and Philadelphia, something unimaginable happened. Black Girl Ventures was forced to pause its in-person operations and shut down all upcoming chapter launches to help stop the spread of Covid-19. Itâs a story that every founder who lived through 2020 can relate to. As coronavirus raced around the world almost every business, from hairdressers and family run restaurants to large retail chains and multinational corporations, were hit hard and indiscriminately.