Today feels like a good day to write something down.
After about a year of researching, understanding people’s problems, learning the ins and outs of digital legacy, advanced care planning, post-death processes, etc., and coding day and night essentially, Meolea is officially in Open Beta.
That means anyone can sign up, start preparing their legacy, and tell us what works and what doesn’t. It is a bit scary, and a bit awesome, and I am really really proud of this.
I started Meolea when a friend of mine lost his mother and told me how excruciating this is. Of course, I have lost people close to me, but you can probably understand how, in those moments, I wasn’t thinking about “hey, let’s build a company from this”. But when you see others facing the exact same thing, there is obviously a pattern here.
Meolea is a so-called family handover platform (FHP). I coined that term. 😁
People can use it to make 3 parts of life much simpler, faster, and less painful:
Before: Plan ahead
Not just legally. Emotionally. Practically. The documents, yes. But also the letters you never got around to writing. The story of your life that only you know. The contact list that exists nowhere but your head (ahem, Mama and Papa?!). Or share some secrets that you hadn’t told anyone before – My mom actually had that feature request.
What Open Beta means for us is that we’re ready for real families to use this, not just people willing to overlook rough edges. The core experience is there: documents, letters, your estate, your people, your story. The /remember experience, which is what trusted contacts see after a loss, is the part I’m most proud of. It’s designed to be genuinely useful during one of the hardest weeks of someone’s life.
There’s still a lot to do. And I mean A LOT. Memorial pages, partnership features, premium tiers. But beta means building with users, not just for them, and that part starts now.
If you’ve ever thought “I should really sort this stuff out,”, give it a try. If you have ever faced a loss and felt, well, lost, tell me what you think!
Meolea is free to try. You can sign up at www.meolea.com.
Cheers
Julius
