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The stories you're afraid of losing deserve a home.

Velha is where families save their recipes, photos, stories, and family tree — all in one beautiful, private place. Built for the people who hold your family together.

Free to join. Be among the first families to use Velha when we launch.

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Family Recipe · Added by Nonna Rosa
Sunday Gravy
"She made this every Sunday without fail, since 1962."
✦ Italian · Passed down
Private family vault — no ads, ever
Recipes + Photos + Stories + Family Tree
AI voice-to-story for elders
Options to print your Family Book
The problem

Every day, a little more of your family disappears.

When your grandmother passes, she takes with her the recipe she never wrote down. The story of how she and your grandfather met. The names of people in photographs no one can identify anymore.

Most families don't realize what's gone until it's too late to ask.

73M
Baby Boomers in the US entering their 70s and 80s
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Apps that bring recipes, photos, stories and a family tree together in one place
The recipe she never wrote down
She measured in handfuls. She cooked by feel. And when she was gone, so was the dish that meant home.
The story behind the photograph
There's a black and white photo in a box somewhere. Nobody left alive knows who's in it.
The voice you'd give anything to hear again
You'd give anything to hear her tell that story one more time. You never thought to record it.
The history that stops with this generation
Your children will never know where they came from unless someone captures it now.
What Velha does

One beautiful home for everything that matters.

Velha brings together four things families have always needed to preserve — in one private, collaborative space your whole family can contribute to.

Family Recipes
Save recipes with ingredients, steps, photos — and the origin story behind every dish. Because the story is the recipe.
Photo Albums
Upload and organize family photos with captions, dates, and the names of everyone in them. Never lose the context again.
Short Stories
Write memories, or let grandma record a voice note. Our AI transcribes it into a written story — in her words, forever.
Family Tree
A visual family tree linked to real stories and recipes. Living members and ancestors, connected as they always were.
"I wish I had asked her more questions while I still could."
— Every adult child who has ever lost a parent
How it works

Simple enough for grandma.
Beautiful enough to last forever.

1
Create your family vault
Set up your family in minutes and invite members via a simple link. No tech skills required.
2
Start adding memories
Recipes, photos, voice notes, written stories. Everyone contributes in the way that feels natural to them.
3
Watch your family book grow
Weekly prompts keep the contributions coming. "On This Day" surfaces memories you'd forgotten.
4
Print it. Pass it down.
Order a beautifully printed Family Book — a physical heirloom your grandchildren will treasure.

Be the first to know
when we launch.

Velha is currently in development. Join the waitlist and you'll be the first family invited when we open the doors — with founding member benefits locked in.

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Founding families will receive exclusive early access and help shape the product before public launch.
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The elders in your life
won't be here forever.

The memories they carry can be. Join the founding families and be the first to use Velha when we launch.

Free to join. Founding families get early access and exclusive benefits at launch.