Uptrust raises new money to fight mass incarceration with technology

While most technology companies are building up a surveillance state to serve...


[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...


Celebrity funds from Jay Z, Will Smith and Robert Downey Jr. are backing a life insurance startup

Ethos, the company that bills itself as making life insurance accessible,...


Hip hop finds its beat in the startup scene

Hip hop stars are taking their reputations to Wall Street and Sand Hill road....


Jay Z launches Arrive to fund startups, offer branding support and more

 Jay Z’s new venture capital firm Arrive, has arrived – the rap...