Chris Clawson
Award-winning storyteller with a background in entertainment, event production, and startups, building Clozure to help families plan ahead and navigate end-of-life logistics with clarity and care.
About Clozure
We've sat with families on the hardest day. Now we help you plan for it.
Smart digital tools, paired with real human support.
Clozure is the first end-of-life planning platform with real human concierge support behind it. We help you organize your papers, your people and your wishes, so your family never has to guess what you wanted.
Clozure started with a simple question
Why is it so hard for families to know what their loved ones actually wanted?
Our co-founders saw the problem from every angle: Chris from the world of storytelling and event production, Victoria from 35 years on the front lines of funeral service, and Zeke from building secure, scalable technology. They kept seeing the same thing. Families in crisis, scrambling to make decisions with no guidance, no documents, and no plan.
So they built the platform they wished had existed. One that meets people where they are, walks them through the hard parts, and makes sure nothing gets left unsaid or undone.
We exist because planning for the inevitable should not be overwhelming, expensive, or something you keep putting off. With Clozure, it takes minutes, not months.
Our team
Five founders. Five perspectives.
One mission: make end-of-life planning accessible to every family, regardless of income, background, or belief system.
Victoria Burke
Fourth-generation funeral director, master embalmer, and restorative artist with 35+ years supporting families worldwide. Formerly SCI/Dignity and Forest Lawn, private concierge, AHA CPR instructor, Rotarian.
Zeke Lara
Tech leader in fintech and encryption, building Clozure's scalable serverless platform and CI/CD. Founder of Fixi; senior roles at Q2, Infinity Insurance, ZenBusiness, and HEB Digital.
Rich Evans
Executive with 30+ years scaling teams and partnerships globally. Co-founded a SaaS analytics firm to $3M+ in three years and helped secure a $100M Oracle Portal contract. Data-driven negotiator.
Lawrence Altaffer
Designs for the moments people can't afford to get wrong. Two decades across the ONE Campaign, Saatchi & Saatchi, Capital One, and Facebook.
Melinda Gipson
Brand and growth storyteller who helped shift news to digital and marketing to personalization, programmatic, and AI. Digiday founding team; award-winning global speaker on media innovation.
Alex Dayrit
Full-stack developer with a psychology degree from UC Irvine, driven to help people through thoughtful, impactful software. A human-oriented approach to technology, blending empathy with code.
Chelsea Watson
Front-end developer with a creative edge, blending clean, thoughtful code with an intuitive sense of design. A graphic design background and a Software Engineering degree, always thinking about how people experience a product.
Kyle Honke
Austin native completing a BAS in Software Development at ACC. His engineering practice focuses on machine learning, from data collection through integration.
Huckleberry
"Huck" is a three-year-old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel named after Val Kilmer's performance in Tombstone. Mayor of the office, he greets visitors with a friendly "howldy" and naps on his couch.
Trusted partners
Legally sound. Personally meaningful.
Clozure works alongside licensed attorneys, funeral professionals, and financial planners.
LifeLegacy
Legal document preparation: a state-compliant will, financial power of attorney, and healthcare directive.
Trusts & Wealth, PLLC
Estate planning services, attorney-reviewed.
Where we serve
Initially launching to families across Texas, California, Virginia, and Washington D.C.
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