Founded in 2020 and headquartered in New York, Chptr builds a distribution layer for time-sensitive, hyperlocal community stories, beginning with end-of-life memorial announcements. Its Broadcast, Social, and Video offerings convert family-provided photos and stories into professional-grade memorial videos that are reviewed by humans before broadcast. Chptr partners directly with funeral homes and media companies, including an integration with Tribute Technology (which serves more than 9,000 funeral homes), to plug into existing local workflows. The platform is live in 132 U.S. television markets and has delivered thousands of localized broadcasts, reaching a majority of American households. Chptr emphasizes a constrained, human-centered use of AI for formatting, production, and distribution and states family data is never sold or repurposed. The company recently raised $5.5 million in a Series A to fund geographic expansion, deeper broadcast and audio integrations, and additional local content categories.

Total raised

$7M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Series A

Latest activity

Jun 2026