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Direct-to-consumer casket startup says it’s time to bury our unhealthy switch to daylight savings

by Kurt Schlosser on March 7, 2024March 8, 2024 at 8:17 am

Before you spring forward this weekend into daylight saving time, a casket company hopes you’ll consider whether it’s time to bury what some consider to be an unhealthy ritual. In… Read More

Direct-to-consumer casket startup raises $3.5M to boost product line and shipping speeds

by Kurt Schlosser on June 9, 2022June 8, 2022 at 8:58 am

Titan Casket, a startup that is disrupting the funeral industry with a direct-to-consumer model for casket purchases, has raised $3.5 million in new funding. The company’s mission is to make… Read More

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Seattle startup Lalo is latest ‘death tech’ innovator, with an app to share and collect stories and more

by Kurt Schlosser on September 11, 2021September 11, 2021 at 6:41 am

Juan Medina first considered the idea for his new startup back in 2003, after the death of his father, when his wife asked him to tell a story about his… Read More

This casket startup is taking on big funeral industry with a focus on direct-to-consumer innovation

by Kurt Schlosser on August 10, 2021August 10, 2021 at 7:25 pm

Another company with ties to the Seattle area is getting into the business of making after-life decisions and purchases easier through the use of technology. Titan Casket is a new… Read More

Human composting company Recompose raises $4.7M and hires GM ahead of 2021 Seattle opening

by Kurt Schlosser on March 11, 2020March 10, 2020 at 12:55 pm

Recompose, the Seattle-based company that wants to offer an alternative choice to conventional burial and cremation methods by turning human remains into soil, has raised $4.7 million and hired a… Read More

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