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September 24, 2020

Death tech startup Exizent raises £3.6m

The Glasgow-based startup wants to digitise the process that happens when someone dies.


Freya Pratty

3 min read

Exizent founders Nick Cousins and Aleks Tomczyk.

When someone dies, the process their family goes through is long, paperwork heavy and repetitive. One startup, Exizent, wants to change that — and the pandemic is accelerating the need to do so. 

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Freya Pratty

Freya Pratty is a senior reporter and investigations lead at Sifted. Follow her on X , LinkedIn and Bluesky

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