Cofertility’s radical model for women: Freeze your eggs for free by donating half of them

In recent years, the focus focuses on age and delayed marriage of marriage, some women, to consider maintaining their fertility by freezing eggs.

But the sharp cost of the procedure, which is estimated at $ 10,000 to 15,000 dollars per attempt, means that many women cannot bear its costs during their most fertile years: 20s and the early thirties.

Cofrtility, a start -up company founded by Lauren McCleler, an investor at Uber, the investor, is the investor, who does not trust from Uber Tech Angel, for women who do not speak eggs in exchange for donating half of the eggs retrieving for those who cannot imagine them.

The startup of the three -year -old emerging company has just raised a $ 7.25 million chain, led by Next Ventures and Offline Ventures, with the participation of preparation, Gaingels, and many other investors. This financing round is a total of $ 16 million.

The idea of ​​facilities from Makler fertilizer and its healthy intimidation stems. The 2018 diagnosis of a rare abdominal disease led to multiple surgeries that threatened ovarian loss.

In such situations, doctors sometimes suggest freezing eggs for young women who want to have children, but this was not an option for McLer.

Therefore, I began to learn as much as possible about donating eggs.

McLer knew that the donors were compensated for their eggs, but she was shocked to find out the cost of eggs. If she wants an egg from a Jewish donor to suit her background, it will cost this more. The price increases more if you order an egg from an educated woman.

She said, “It seemed to be like pricing the boom for donors with eggs, which felt me ​​to pass,” in reference to Uber’s approach to charging horseback riding during peak times.

Fortunately, it ended with Macker to imagine a child naturally, but that experience led her to want to build a company that is compatible with young women who want to maintain his fertility with people who need a donor egg.

Although the concept of egg sharing is not a new matter, Makler claims that Cofrtility is the only company that offers eggs widely through its “division” program.

“At any specific time, we have hundreds of donors available to the intended parents,” Macker said, adding that most clinics will only have a handful of donors, which are unlikely to lead to a match.

McLer says that donor eggs in Cofrtility comes from various backgrounds and that about 55 % of them get scientific degrees.

The intended parents cover the costs of egg retrieval and coordination fees in Cofrtily, similar to the donation of standard eggs. However, they do not have to compensate the donor, and reduce their expenses outside the pocket.

Although Makler does not want to call Cofrtility to the market, it agrees that it works like one and that its company solves a major structural problem.

She said: “The big vision and the goal is to remove the taboos from donating eggs,” there is no shame even though you become one of the parents. Doing this with the help of a donor also interested in freezing its eggs is a truly exciting option. “