Death Tech startups in US & Canada
There are 421 Death Tech startups in US & Canada which include Empathy, Trust and Will, FreeWill, Wealth, Vanilla. Out of these, 83 startups are funded, with 34 having secured Series A+ funding.
Over the past 10 years, an average of 22 new companies have been launched annually. Notably, several of these startups have been founded by alumni of Harvard University, Stanford University and Harvard Business School.
Here is the list of top Death Tech startups in US & Canada

1. Empathy
Platform for planning death ceremonies and activities. The platform supports families to manage grief. It provides assistance in planning funerals, managing estate documents, and other arrangements. It also provides chat assistance with professionals. The mobile application is available on Android and iOS platforms.
Key facts about Empathy
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $162M
- Investors: Adams Street Partners, Aleph and 28 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, May 29, 2025, $*****
- Tracxn Score: 71/100 What is this?
- Competitors Rank: 1 of 93 Competitors
Cloud based platform offering legal will planning solutions. The platform enables users to create and manage wills and forms to solve legal issues. It allows users to fill the questionnaire and access the forms. It also helps families in creating personal wills. It is available on subscription based pricing model.
Key facts about Trust and Will
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: San Diego (United States)
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $75M
- Investors: Revolution, Moderne Ventures and 25 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Apr 22, 2025, $*****
- Tracxn Score: 71/100 What is this?
- Competitors Rank: 1 of 66 Competitors
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3. FreeWill
FreeWill provides online legal will management solutions for non profit organizations. The product offerings include Bequest Tool is an estate planning and legacy giving tool, Qualified Charitable Distributions tool is a tool for donors to give charitably from their IRAs, etc. It allows users to create a will and manage an online legal will maker that helps you compile will forms to print and sign, or to take as a basic will template to an estate planning lawyer. It enables users to get help from legal experts to manage wills.
Key facts about FreeWill
- Founded Year: 1998
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $30M
- Investors: Iconiq Capital, Bain Capital Double Impact and 9 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Mar 02, 2022, $*****
- Tracxn Score: 67/100 What is this?
- Competitors Rank: 1 of 302 Competitors

4. Wealth
Online estate planning platform. It provides will planning and management solutions for individuals. The platform helps users to create, manage and visualize the will and estate plans. It generates insights on client life events. The platform allows users to visualize the estate planning process through flowcharts. Features include legal document optimization, document storage, and advisor portal.
Key facts about Wealth
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: Gilbert (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $46M
- Investors: Anthos Capital, Google Ventures and 7 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Apr 16, 2025, $*****
- Tracxn Score: 63/100 What is this?
- Competitors Rank: 2 of 26 Competitors

5. Vanilla
Providing solutions to investment advisors for estate planning. It leverages technology and design to simplify and streamline the estate planning process.
Key facts about Vanilla
- Founded Year: 2019
- Location: Los Angeles (United States)
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $84.3M
- Investors: Insight Partners, Venrock and 12 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Aug 15, 2024, $*****
- Tracxn Score: 61/100 What is this?
- Competitors Rank: 3 of 18 Competitors
