Cofertility Is Creating a More Accessible Path to Egg Freezing
Fertility preservation in professional tennis reflects a broader shift in how women are thinking about careers, family planning, and reproductive choice.
For professional athletes, deciding when and how to start a family can be especially complicated.
A recent New York Times article explores how women on the professional tennis tour are increasingly turning to egg freezing and IVF while continuing to compete at the highest level. Players described navigating hormone injections, training restrictions, recovery, treatment costs, and the uncertainty that comes with fertility care.
Their experiences reflect a much broader challenge. Women across industries are balancing demanding careers, relationships, financial considerations, and the biological realities of fertility.
Everywhere Ventures portfolio company Cofertility is building a new model around that challenge.
Traditional egg freezing can cost tens of thousands of dollars, putting fertility preservation out of reach for many women. Cofertility allows women to freeze their eggs for free when they choose to donate half of the eggs retrieved to a family seeking an egg donor.
The model creates value on both sides. Women can preserve their fertility without carrying the full financial burden, while intended parents gain access to donor eggs through a more transparent and human-centered process.
Cofertility is also rethinking the traditional egg-donation experience. Rather than approaching donation as an anonymous transaction, the company gives donors and intended parents more agency over the relationship and level of communication they want to have.
The article also notes Maria Sharapova’s investment in Cofertility After delaying motherhood during her professional tennis career, Sharapova began investing in companies helping women gain greater flexibility around when and how they build their families.
Professional tennis provides a visible example of the trade-offs women face, but the underlying need extends far beyond sports.
As more women seek greater control over their reproductive timelines, Cofertility is expanding access to fertility preservation while building a more thoughtful model for egg donation and family building.
Read the full New York Times article.
Interested in investing alongside Everywhere Ventures? Learn more about joining our investor community here.