A free platform that helps prospective parents who need assistance conceiving children connect with fertility service providers in their area has expanded its offerings.
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Israeli-founded startup GoStork's goal is to simplify a process that is usually complicated and time-consuming. Last week, GoStork launched its Fertility Clinic Marketplace, which employs a data-driven, customized approach to matching fertility consumers with clinics based on their age, budgets, and personal needs.
The new Fertility Clinic Marketplace, which is free to use, expands GoStork's existing offerings, which include surrogacy agencies, egg donor agencies and fertility financing, as well as personalized concierge services.
Approximately one in six couples seek fertility assistance to start or grow their families, and the number of women opting to freeze their eggs increased by over 2,500% from 2009- 2018 and has continued to increase throughout the COVID pandemic.
GoStork says that its Fertility Clinic Marketplace is inclusive and takes users through a questionnaire that gathers information about their age, fertility history, and whether they require an egg donor, sperm donor, gestational carrier or wish to freeze their eggs. The platform then matches the fertility consumer with their ideal fertility clinics based on the clinic's experience, costs and success rate data for the user's particular age and goals. The platform also allows prospective parents to look at each clinic's pricing up front, and chat with clinic staff and book consultations.
"We're thrilled to launch our new Fertility Clinic Marketplace. This is such a unique tool for both fertility patients and clinics because it personalizes the research process by cross-referencing essential patient information with both CDC and Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART) data related to partnering fertility clinics," says GoStork founder and CEO Eran Amir.
According to Amir, "When a GoStork user books their consultation with a clinic, not only are they a good match but they are entering the conversation from a more informed and empowered standpoint. For the first time ever, fertility patients can understand how many other patients like them – i.e. in their age group and with similar needs and background – went to, and achieved success at, each clinic"
GoStork's new marketplace has partnered with clinics in over 100 locations across the US, including San Diego Fertility Center, the Boston IVF Network, Pacific Fertility Center Los Angeles, Idaho Center for Reproductive Medicine, New England Fertility.
