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Driven by their own bereavements, a new wave of startup founders is disrupting death amid COVID-19: 'We've all lost someone we love.'

The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed more than a million lives around the world, forcing many us to deal with our own mortality.

But for many, the list was missing a phrase that's become common parlance among those surveying the impact of COVID-19: "excess deaths." "After my dad died, my mum was worried about money because she'd never managed the bills or household finances before," said cofounder Emma Dutton. "In a fit of anxiety, she canceled all the accounts to make sure we wouldn't run out of money. That meant she accidentally cut off the WiFi and phone line, and we had to wait another 10 weeks to get them reinstated. It was a nightmare." in the US – is rife for disruption.

, after helping a friend sort through her late husband's documents. "It was a mess," he told Business Insider. before the firm would hand over her partner's passwords, Steiber said: "What happens if you fall off a cliff tomorrow? God forbid, it's better to have something in place before the worst comes to pass."

 

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