Announcing our SEEDS Membership
January 18, 2023
Last updated: December 22, 2025
Ethics is at the heart of everything we do. We’ve set out to build something special – centering on families, honoring donors, and recognizing the needs and rights of the humans we are helping create.
We’re not alone in trying to raise the bar for our industry. The Society for Ethics and Egg Donation (SEEDS) is a nonprofit organization whose purpose is to define and promote ethical behavior by all parties involved in third party reproduction. And today we are proud to announce that Cofertility has been accepted as a member of SEEDS.
SEEDS was founded by a group of egg donation and surrogacy agencies to give organizations a voice in defining ethical standards for egg donation and surrogacy.
Why SEEDS matters to Cofertility
We are thrilled to be official members, though we actually built our program with the SEEDS Standards as our guideposts. We are committed to building a more ethical egg donation platform and are excited to be part of an organization that reflects those same ideas. In addition to our agreement to abide by SEEDS standards, we look forward to getting involved with other initiatives ranging from monthly brown bag lunches to the SEEDS conference.
We’re glad to be part of the SEEDS ecosystem. Thank you to all of the SEEDS volunteers who have made the organization what it is today – we appreciate you and are excited to get to know you!
Cofertility’s egg-sharing programs make egg freezing more accessible and family-building more human-centered
Lauren Makler
Lauren Makler is the Co-Founder and CEO of Cofertility, a human-first fertility ecosystem reimagining egg freezing and egg donation. Previously, she founded Uber Health, helping millions of patients access care through transportation. Shaped by her own fertility journey, Lauren is passionate about expanding reproductive choice and access. She was named one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business.