Cofertility announced the successful completion of a Series A funding round. The round was led by Next Ventures and Offline Ventures. Additional support came from Initialized Capital, Arkitekt Ventures, Foreground Capital, Gratitude Railroad, How Women Invest, Gaingels and Everywhere Ventures. These are leading investors with deep experience in healthcare and technology. Cofertility has now raised a total of $16 million. The funding will fuel their mission of making egg freezing more accessible and egg donation less transactional. As part of the broader consumerization of healthcare, Cofertility is transforming fertility care. They empower patients with more flexible and transparent options. This approach attracted Next Ventures to invest.
“We’re proud to support Cofertility’s unique model of integrating egg freezing with an innovative egg-sharing approach, expanding donor access, increasing quality/diversity and aligning incentives in a way that benefits both donors and intended parents.”
“The donor egg market has long been constrained by structural inefficiencies—limited donor availability, opaque matching processes and a transactional system that prioritizes financial incentives,” said Mel Strong, General Partner at Next Ventures. “At Next Ventures, we’re focused on empowering people to live more capable lives through whole-person care solutions and we’re proud to support Cofertility’s unique model of integrating egg freezing with an innovative egg-sharing approach, expanding donor access, increasing quality/diversity and aligning incentives in a way that benefits both donors and intended parents.”
Female founders redefine fertility access
Led by Lauren Makler and Halle Tecco, Cofertility has been at the forefront of creating innovative fertility solutions. Inc. recently named both founders to its 2025 Female Founders 500 list. Through its Split program, Cofertility enables women to freeze their eggs for free when they donate half to people who cannot otherwise conceive. This creates a mutually beneficial model that addresses major challenges in fertility care. These include the high cost of egg freezing, the lack of diversity among egg donors and the outdated, transactional nature of traditional egg donation.
“As a rapidly growing, female-founded organization, we have always been committed to making fertility care more equitable,” said Lauren Makler, Co-Founder and CEO of Cofertility. “By raising smart capital from experienced industry partners, we are strengthening our commitment to scale our core mission. This funding will allow us to expand our offerings, enhance our technology and reach even more people who need these services.”
Investing in tech, access and advocacy
Cofertility will primarily use the funding to further develop its proprietary, user-friendly technology platform. This includes a custom-built egg donor database that streamlines the entire egg donation process, from recruitment and matching to cycle coordination. Already this technology has helped improve the Cofertility experience for its members.
Cofertility will use additional resources to scale the team and meet growing demand. They will also strengthen partnerships with healthcare providers to make affordable fertility care more widely available. Cofertility will invest in advocacy work, such as the recent Level the Playing Field campaign. This campaign united influential voices like Cofertility investor Maria Sharapova, along with Olympians and professional athletes including Ashlyn Harris, Alysia Montaño, Carly Patterson and Missy Franklin. The campaign aimed to raise awareness of the challenges women athletes face when planning and building their families.
“Cofertility is challenging outdated norms and creating a new model centered on optionality,” said Brit Morin, Founding Partner at Offline Ventures. “At Offline, we back companies that don’t just improve industries, they redefine them and Cofertility is truly flipping the script on traditional fertility options. We’re proud to continue supporting their mission to bring innovative solutions to this long-overdue space.”
About Cofertility:
Cofertility is reshaping egg freezing and third-party reproduction. The company is making these processes more accessible and human-centered. Cofertility is best known for their egg-sharing program, Split. Through this program, women can freeze their eggs for free when they donate half of the retrieved eggs to a family who cannot otherwise conceive. Cofertility is in the “family” business. They commit to improving fertility care and making these experiences more positive for all. For more information, visit www.cofertility.com.
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