March 9, 2020
Uptrust raises new money to fight mass incarceration with technology
While most technology companies are building up a surveillance state to serve...
December 23, 2019
[Updated] Indonesian coffee chain Kopi Kenangan raises Series A extension from Jay-Z, Serena Williams’s VC firms
Update: Kopi Kenangan representative has reached out to e27 to clarify that...
September 19, 2019
Impossible Foods will debut in SoCal grocery stores on Friday as first step in phased national rollout
Congratulations Southern California Gelson’s store shoppers,...
June 26, 2018
Jay-Z has a new venture fund and a Silicon Valley partner
Jay-Z is behind a new venture fund called Marcy Venture Partners that is being...
March 19, 2018
Jay-Z’s Roc Nation and First Round Capital invest $3 million in bail reform startup Promise
Nationwide, 62 percent of the jail population accounts for people who...
March 6, 2017
Jay Z launches Arrive to fund startups, offer branding support and more
Jay Z’s new venture capital firm Arrive, has arrived – the rap...
December 12, 2016
Jay-Z backed JetSmarter raises $105 million to become Uber for private jets
JetSmarter has raised $105 million in Series C funding, at a $1.5 billion...