This doctor got a shoutout from Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and is overcoming systemic barriers

Dr. Elizabeth Clayborne is beating the odds.

Since she started fundraising in 2021, Clayborne said she’s raised $3.25 million for her medical device company, NasaClip. As a biracial Black woman, the numbers aren’t necessarily always on Clayborne’s side — in 2021, startups founded by Black women received just 0.34% of venture capital funds nationally — but she wants to be more than the exception.