Prismm helps banks keep inherited money in-house
Meet Prismm, a startup that helps banks keep families’ money in-house after an account holder dies. It does this by building beneficiary and estate planning into accounts from day one, which makes the transfer of assets to heirs less complicated. Prismm is presenting its mission today on the Startup Battlefield stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026.
Prismm was founded in 2020 by sisters Martha Underwood and Shella Sylla, who each have decades of experience in banking and finance. The pair came up with the idea for Prismm based on their own experience of seeing firsthand how difficult it can be to manage a family’s affairs in an emergency.
Their father was hospitalized in 2017 after he fell while helping clear a tree from a neighbor’s roof following Hurricane Irma in Miami. Their mother, who had always relied on him to handle the family’s finances and paperwork, didn’t know where all...
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