The DEI-focused benefit, designed for tech companies and SMBs on a budget, provides comprehensive financial support for fertility, family-building and everything that follows
October 26, 2022
Future Family is part of a crop of startups in the US that aim to make fertility treatments more affordable by providing access to credit or working with employers to include these services as health benefits.
September 30, 2022
Less than a year after taking a small Series A extension, Future Family, a startup aiming to make fertility services, like IVF and egg freezing, more accessible, is back with $25 million in Series B funding.
April 4, 2022
Future Family, a startup combining fertility financing and care support, raised $25 million in Series B funding steered by Munich Re Ventures at a valuation of $80 million, the company's founder and CEO Claire Tomkins tells Axios exclusively.
“While Reciprocal IVF can be a complicated decision to navigate, female-founded company Future Family is trying to make the entire process easier thanks to its reciprocal IVF plan.”
January 23, 2020
“It’s been about 40 years since the first baby was born via in vitro fertilization (IVF). Today, fertility solutions are becoming more of a norm for many families. In fact, a third of Americans reported that either they have sought out fertility treatments to get pregnant or they know someone who has.”
January 17, 2020
“As assisted reproductive technologies evolve scientifically, so does their reach into society. Future Family announced today that it is launching a new membership plan for lesbian and trans couples who want to opt for reciprocal IVF — when one woman’s egg is fertilized by a donor sperm and implanted into the other woman’s uterus.”
January 16, 2020
“Future Family provides flexible financing plans and dedicated support for IVF and egg freezing. Services include a dedicated nurse concierge and 24/7 access to the care team, easy-to-order testing and zero-down payment plans for IVF and egg freezing.""
September 5, 2019
“Financial constraint is the main reason patients give up on fertility treatments.” Enter the financial help of family members or the Grandbaby Plan.
August 5, 2019
“Fertility startups now make it easier to loop in clients’ parents (or in-laws) to cover high treatment costs.”
July 17, 2019
“Fertility treatments can be very expensive. Future Family is offering financing plans for treatments that include monthly payments to cover everything from doctor visits to prescriptions. It’s also providing a support system.”
June 4, 2019
“People are no longer starting their healthcare journey at a doctor’s office, they’re starting it online,” says Tomkins.”
May 30, 2019
“Future Family is a startup aiming to make fertility services like IVF and egg freezing more accessible. They work with doctors and clinics to make the pricing of these services more predictable and upfront, then offer monthly payment plans to help customers spread the cost (often in the tens of thousands of dollars) over a few years.”
May 21, 2019
“Claire Tomkins’ struggles to conceive children changed everything. The former clean energy executive now leads a growing fertility services business -- when she isn’t raising her three kids, that is.”
April 22, 2018
“Future Family, for example, will offer fertility testing for women and creative financing for egg freezing (and IVF). You can pay $175 per month with no down payment for five years to cover all the expenses involved with egg freezing, from the initial screening to the first year of cryostorage.”
April 17, 2018
“The company has a host of competitors across all of its offerings, ranging from Modern Fertility and Future Family, which are both focused on women’s fertility, to 23andMe, the juggernaut of genetics testing that has raised more than $750 million for its gene-testing services.”
April 16, 2019
“Luckily, proactive fertility testing is easier to access than ever, with companies like ... Future Family offering affordable, at-home hormone tests.”
March 4, 2019
“A subscription-based fertility care company that improves access to fertility treatments through a healthcare services platform, taking consumers through their entire fertility journey, from fact-finding to treatment.”
February 2, 2019
“More women need to start companies. Now is the golden moment. There is a broad realization that women are under-represented, and there are huge markets that can best be addressed by women who understand these markets. Women make incredible entrepreneurs, and I’m very excited to see women in their, 20s and 30s jumping in!”
January 30, 2019
“Future Family, a female-founded company offering guidance and financing for the fertility process, just raised $10 million in Series A funding led by Aspect Ventures.”
October 18, 2018
“To help close the gap in affordability, Future Family connects individuals who plan to undergo IVF or egg freezing to partner clinics. As part of the arrangement, Future Family pays for the cost of the service up-front.”
“For many women and families, fertility treatments are prohibitively expensive. But by providing financing and counseling, Future Family and other fertility startups hope to change that.”
“To Dr. Turek, who is an adviser to Future Family, people waking up to the importance of sperm as a measure of health is good news — it means men will finally start thinking about preventive care.”
July 25, 2018
"We find that concerns about finances — and student debt specifically — are factoring in more," said Claire Tomkins, Future Family's CEO. "It ends up being a financial equation that's a little untenable.
May 22, 2018
"The startup extends a 24/7 nurse concierge service and zero-down financial packages for IVF and egg freezing, and it aims to find less expensive services to help keep the costs down."
June 22, 2017
“While Future Family actively works to make the process of navigating infertility treatments easier and more affordable, the company also has a broader, potentially more impactful aim: to empower women with information about their fertility before they wind up in a fertility clinic.”
April 30, 2018
“Certainly, the most attractive feature of Future Family is their flexible financing options with low monthly payments, and here’s the kicker – zero money down.”
March 22, 2018
“The company aims to help women find their "fertility age," provide concierge care to help women navigate their treatment options, and offer financial packages to cover the cost of those treatments.”
“We’re working to give men a safe, healthy space to learn about their fertility and start planning, just as women are expected to do,” says Future Family COO Eve Blossom.
September 18, 2017
“Future Family’s FinTech model offers alternative credit to unlock the opportunity to start a family for women who thought their only option was to give up hope. Its flexible financing structure enables women to start their fertility journey with no down payment.”
June 23, 2017
“The company offers zero-down payment financial packages for IVF and egg freezing, and a new fertility age test to help determine how much time someone may have left to try to have a baby.”
June 24, 2017
“Future Family is the first company to offer an affordable, consumer-friendly Fertility Age Test™ and a comprehensive suite of fertility services, all encompassed in one easy-to-use online platform.”
August 1, 2017
