Free for families
Publishing an obituary, a thank-you, or an anniversary is free. Visibility add-ons exist, but they are entirely optional — your loved one's announcement is complete and visible without paying anything.
About Funere
A dignified space to remember.
Funere is a platform dedicated to obituaries and tributes. We give families a dignified place to announce the loss of a loved one, and the community a place to remember, share a word, light a candle. The service is free for families.
Our model
How Funere is funded
A fair question deserves a clear answer: if everything is free for families, who pays? Here is our model, plainly stated.
Free for funeral homes
Funeral homes get free access to the platform to publish and manage their families' announcements. Additional professional services — extra visibility, dedicated tools, business page — are available à la carte.
Respect for the announcement comes first
No third-party advertising on the deceased's pages. When a featured placement exists, it is discreet, tied to a real funeral home, and never alters the content of the tribute.
Funere in numbers
A young platform, already part of everyday life.
Since our launch, we have been supporting families every day in moments that matter.
82,000+
Obituaries published
since our launch
410+
Funeral homes
partners
26
Cantons
covered to date
2024
Founded
in Lugano
The team
The founders
Two entrepreneurs united around a simple conviction: families deserve a sober, reliable, accessible tool to announce a loss and honor their loved ones.
Alessandro Soldati
Co-founder & CEO
Alessandro spent ten years leading product development for several start-ups in family services. He founded Funere after realising how hard it was, for his own parents, to find a worthy obituary online.
“My grandfather read the local paper's obituaries every morning. It was his ritual. Funere is our way of carrying that gesture forward, with dignity, wherever families need it.”LinkedIn profile
Vincent Mattart
Co-founder & CTO
A software engineer, Vincent led the technical teams of several high-traffic platforms before joining Alessandro. He is the architect of Funere's infrastructure — performance, security, accessibility — and makes sure the code stays worthy of the families using it.
“A platform that holds memories cannot afford to go down or disappear. That is the first technical specification.”LinkedIn profile
Content & data
Your loved ones, your data: our commitments.
Publishing an obituary means entrusting a memory. Here is how we preserve it.
Announcements stay online as long as the family wishes
An obituary is not erased after a few days. It becomes a memorial space the family can enrich with thank-yous, anniversaries, or photos, year after year.
The family stays in control
You can edit or request removal of an announcement at any time, simply by contacting us. No technical lock, no complex procedure.
Comments are moderated
An AI filters inappropriate messages in real time, and our team handles flagged content. Real first and last names are required to comment — no anonymity, but no need to create an account either.
Your data is protected
We handle family and relatives' data with the highest standard of care, in line with applicable data-protection regulations. For details, see our privacy policy.
Our principles
What guides us
Three simple principles, translated into concrete decisions every day.
Our interface
Sobriety
An obituary is not a product to optimise. No pop-ups, no aggressive notifications, no gamification. The interface steps aside for the content.
Our design
Proximity
Funere is built region by region, town by town. People look first for their neighbours, their commune, their neighbourhood. Our geographic design reflects how people actually live their community, wherever they are.
Our model
Clarity
The base service is free, for families and funeral homes alike. Paid options are optional, clearly identified, and never alter the content of a tribute. Our model fits in one sentence, and that is on purpose.
Get in touch
A question, a remark?
We read every message. For an edit or removal request on an announcement, the simplest path is our contact form — we reply within 24 business hours.