Chptr, a memorialization app for gathering and sharing memories of loved ones, raises $1.5M
Summary
The app is designed to give people a way to encapsulate the life of their loved ones by inviting others to share and store stories, images, audio messages, videos and more all in one place.The startup was founded in 2020 by Rehan Choudhry, who came up with the idea for the app when he was helping his wife, a news anchor at CBS New York, put together video tributes for the first victims of COVID-19 in New York City. Choudhry told TechCrunch in an interview that the pair was reaching out to the families, friends, neighbors and colleagues of the victims to paint a picture of what their life was like.The thing I realized after talking to a lot of families was that these videos served as almost a reunion point for people that they will continue to grieve around, Choudhry said. So I went down the rabbit hole of discovery and it brought me to Chptr.The app lets you stay connected with the friends and family of your loved one to learn things about their life that you may have not known about otherwise. Chptr wants to give anyone who had a nice memory with a person who has passed away the ability to share it with others.Chptr isnt only building a product that is B2C, as its also focusing on B2B. The seed round comes as Chptr closed its $2.4 million pre-seed funding round in summer 2022.In terms of the future, Chptr wants to build the largest central database and learning resource for life stories while helping people and their stories live on forever.We want to build 100 million memorials with over a billion people contributing to it, Choudhry said.