When it comes to fertility, choice shouldn’t feel like a luxury. But for years, the system’s been stacked, ethically murky, outrageously priced, and wrapped in silence. Then Cofertility showed up with a plan so human, it almost made the old playbook look prehistoric.
Founded in 2022 by a trio that doesn’t play the waiting game, Lauren Makler (CEO, ex-Uber Health), Halle Tecco, MPH, MBA (COO, health tech whisperer), and Arielle Spiegel (CMO, marketing vet turned fertility educator), Cofertility is building a new kind of ecosystem. One that centers women's agency, families’ needs, and transparency at every stage. It’s not just another startup “in the fertility space.” It’s a recalibration of how we think about reproduction.
Let’s start with the Split program: you freeze your eggs for free, in exchange for donating half to families who can’t conceive. No back-alley secrecy. No strings. Just access, equity, and a shot at shared hope. Then there’s Keep, same tech, same platform, but it’s yours, no donation required. And Family by Co? That’s the matchmaking engine connecting ethical donors with intended parents, built around trust, not cash grabs.
On April 10th, Cofertility announced a $7.25M Series A to fuel this next phase. Led by NEXT VENTŪRES and Offline Ventures, with backup from Initialized Capital, Gaingels, Arkitekt Ventures, Foreground Capital, How Women Invest, Everywhere Ventures, and Gratitude Railroad. That brings their total raise to $16M, and it didn’t happen by accident. It happened because this team is solving for both sides of the equation: affordability and ethics.
Cofertility’s grown egg freezing cycles 30% year-over-year. Over 1,000 cycles facilitated. Hundreds of donors in-network. And 55% of them? Graduate degrees. This isn’t just a numbers game, it’s a credibility play. And while most platforms are stuck talking about “options,” Cofertility’s building infrastructure. Cloud-based, HIPAA compliant, AI powered. 100+ donor attributes. EHR integrations.
Their expansion playbook is clear and aggressive: double the donor network by year-end, roll out employer-sponsored fertility benefits, and put boots on the ground in engineering, clinical ops, and member advocacy. Because this isn’t a niche, it’s a $47.9B market. And Cofertility isn’t waiting for permission to lead.
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