Lantern offers a holistic, empathetic online platform for end-of-life planning, combining checklists, progress tracking, and collaboration features so users can prepare documents and logistics in advance. The product sometimes handles underlying details directly and partners with specialist providers such as Trust & Will for estate planning. Lantern currently offers a free tier and a $27/year plan that tracks progress and enables collaboration, and it is adding à la carte paid options. Typical users so far skew 25–35 years old and many begin planning after major life events like having a baby or losing a family member. The company emphasizes human-centered language and illustrations created in memory of people who have lost someone to maintain a compassionate tone. Lantern was founded in September 2018, incubated at Grand Central Tech, launched a year later, and is organized as a public-benefit corporation.

Total raised

$1M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Jan 2021