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LumenUs press kit
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Boilerplate
LumenUs is a clinically-informed bereavement platform. When a family loses someone, LumenUs helps carry what follows: the paperwork, the benefits that go unfound, the legal and financial steps, and the first steps of grief care. The foundation is free for every family, and its Library of practical guides is open to everyone with no account. LumenUs Platform, Inc. was founded in 2026 and is based in the Bay Area.
Fast facts
LumenUs Platform, Inc., a Delaware corporation with principal operations in California. Incorporated May 2026.
A clinically-informed bereavement platform: structured guidance for everything that follows a loss, a free Library of sourced practical guides, and a provider network built one verified professional at a time.
Early access debuts at TechCrunch Disrupt, Startup Battlefield 200, October 13 to 15, 2026, in San Francisco.
Nearly $17 billion in lost life insurance and annuity benefits have been matched to families since 2016 through state and NAIC locator programs (NAIC, as of July 2026; exact figure $16,991,229,586 through July 31, 2026). What families are owed routinely goes unfound in the hardest weeks of their lives.
Free grief-literacy and practical guides, open to everyone with no account, every figure traced to a primary source.
Founding team
Sara Tashakorinia
Master of Design, IIT Institute of Design and MBA, Economics and Social Entrepreneurship from IIT Stuart School of Business. Formerly of Lucid Motors and Lookout.
Sajad Mirzaei
PhD in Computer Science from UConn. Formerly of Box and Google.
Larry Keeley
Co-founded Doblin, the pioneering innovation strategy firm acquired by Deloitte. Author of Ten Types of Innovation.
Name and brand
The name is LumenUs, one word, capital L and capital U. The logo is the wordmark alone, set in a serif, with no icon. The product film is available to view and embed at demo.lumenus.life. Our story and team photography are at lumenus.life/about.
Media contact
hello@lumenus.life. We read every note ourselves.