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Don't let your hard-earned wealth be forgotten

by josvdwest on 4/28/20, 12:00 AM with 3 comments

Hi HN,

I'm Jos van der Westhuizen, co-founder of Nexus (https://www.thenexusfamily.com/). Nexus is an online dashboard for family members to share where they have life and health insurance, where they bank, and where they have investments.

After realizing that our families have very little transparency on where we have assets, we discovered that many other families share the same problem. Subsequently, we discovered that billions of dollars go unclaimed every year.

Nexus is our attempt to make families aware of this problem and to make it easier for them to automatically track their estates.

Thanks so much, and we can’t wait to hear your thoughts!

  • by gus_massa on 4/28/20, 1:53 AM

    Is the info hidden from the other family members until you die? How does the site detect that you have died?
  • by typeformer on 4/28/20, 12:12 AM

    great idea!