Analysis

February 2, 2021

This startup will keep your dead body on ice for €30 a month

Why people are investing €100k to freeze their bodies (and maybe live forever).


Mimi Billing

7 min read

Cryopreservation

At the age of 18, Emil Kendziorra had a life plan.

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Tomorrow Biostatis founders stand in cryonics operating room
Emil Kendziorra (CEO) and Fernando Azevedo Pinheiro (COO) are the founders of Tomorrow Biostasis. Here in the mobile operating room.
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Mimi Billing

Mimi Billing is Sifted's Europe editor, based in Stockholm. She covers the Nordics and can be found on X and LinkedIn

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