Center for Surrogacy & Egg Donation

What Center for Surrogacy & Egg Donation does

The Center for Surrogacy & Egg Donation Inc. (CSED) is a privately held, full-service surrogacy and egg donation agency headquartered in Westborough, Massachusetts. Founded in 2007 by Robert Nichols, Esq. — a reproductive-law specialist who previously built the practice of matching parents with egg donors and surrogate mothers dating to 1999 — the company operates as a two-sided intermediary that recruits and screens gestational carriers (women ages 21-40, U.S. citizens or residents, with prior pregnancy history) and egg donors (women ages 21-30, non-smokers with some college education), matches them with intended parents seeking to build families, and coordinates the end-to-end journey including medical scheduling, legal documentation, escrow management, insurance coordination, and emotional support. Service delivery is supported by a secure online donor database for intended-parent self-search, dedicated web portals for surrogate and donor applications, and integrated partnerships for legal counsel (Nichols, DeLisle & Lightholder P.C.) and patient financing (ProsperHealthcare Lending, New Life Fertility Finance, CapExMD).

CSED's product surface consists of two core service lines — the Surrogacy Program and the Egg Donation Program — augmented by the proprietary 'Right Match' compatibility process and a $5,000-per-referral Surrogate Mother Referral Program. Underlying technology is conventional web infrastructure rather than AI-driven matching: a content-managed website, online application forms, and a searchable donor profile database. There are no APIs, no SDKs, no proprietary algorithms, and no disclosed data assets; competitive differentiation rests on human-mediated case management, tenure, and brand.

Revenue is earned on a professional-services basis via agency fees per matched journey — $10,000 for egg-donor locating and matching with total egg-donation journey costs of $31,500 to $41,500 layered with legal, escrow, donor compensation, and travel expenses, and surrogate base compensation of $63,000 to $68,000 per first-time surrogate (with or without agency-procured insurance) plus agency coordination fees. Distribution is direct-to-consumer via self-serve online application flows, organic search, content marketing (a long-running blog), social media, and referrals. Customers are individual intended parents (including LGBTQ+ and international families from 30+ countries) and supply-side participants (surrogates, egg donors); the company operates with 1-10 employees and no external capital, no subsidiaries, and no disclosed M&A activity.

Name

Center for Surrogacy & Egg Donation

Legal name

The Center for Surrogacy & Egg Donation Inc.

Website

https://csedinc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Center for Surrogacy & Egg Donation (CSED) is a privately held, full-service U.S. agency that recruits, screens, and matches gestational carriers and egg donors with intended parents — including LGBTQ+ and international families — and coordinates the legal, medical, and logistical aspects of each surrogacy and egg-donation journey.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Surrogacy and Egg Donation Agency Services

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

akta.pro primary industry

Child Welfare, Foster Care & Adoption Services (BPAGAEAE)

Keywords

• Surrogacy agency services
• Egg donation matching
• Gestational carrier matching
• Fertility case management
• Third-party reproduction

Headquarters

HQ city

Southborough

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Surrogacy Agency Services: CSED charges intended parents agency fees for matching with gestational carriers and coordinating the surrogacy journey, including case management, legal coordination, and support throughout the process.
2. Egg Donation Agency Services: CSED charges intended parents agency fees ranging from $10,000 for locating and matching with an egg donor, plus coordination and escrow management fees. Total egg donation service costs range from $31,500 to $41,500.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Center for Surrogacy & Egg Donation (CSED) is a full-service agency that matches intended parents with gestational carriers (surrogates) and egg donors. The company recruits and screens surrogates and donors, runs personalized matching through its proprietary Right Match program, manages the full case lifecycle including legal coordination, escrow/trust management, insurance handling, and ongoing emotional support, and works with intended parents from more than 30 countries.

Product overview

The Center for Surrogacy & Egg Donation (CSED) is a full-service surrogacy and egg donation agency that has operated since 1999, helping more than 3,000 intended parents grow their families. The company's core offerings consist of its Surrogacy Program and Egg Donation Program, which are supported by a secure Donor Database and the proprietary Right Match matching program. Additional services include a Surrogate Mother Referral Program with monetary incentives, legal support through a partnership with Nichols, DeLisle & Lightholder P.C., and financing assistance via partnerships with ProsperHealthcare Lending, New Life Fertility Finance, and CapExMD. The company primarily serves intended parents (both individuals and couples), surrogates, and egg donors, operating as a gestational surrogacy-only agency where surrogates carry embryos created from the intended parents' or donors' genetic material with no genetic link to the carrier.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 3,000 families helped to grow their family over 25 years
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Nichols, DeLisle & Lightholder P.C. (NDL Law)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCSED partners with Nichols, DeLisle & Lightholder P.C., a leader in assisted third-party reproductive law, to provide legal services for surrogacy journeys. NDL Law drafts and negotiates Gestational Carrier Agreements, provides legal clearance to IVF clinics, reviews insurance policies, manages trust accounts, and secures pre-birth parentage orders for intended parents.
• The Fertility Law Center P.C.coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCSED founder Robert Nichols, Esq. is also the founding partner of The Fertility Law Center P.C., a leading law firm specializing in reproductive law. This relationship provides CSED with direct access to legal expertise in reproductive law for its clients.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• ConceiveAbilities: Full-service surrogacy and egg donation agency with online donor database and matching services. Competes directly with CSED for US intended parents and operates a similar self-serve application model.
• Family Source Consultants: Gestational surrogacy and egg donation agency with international parent services and similar self-serve application flows. Operates in the same vertical with overlapping service lines.
• World Surrogacy: International-focused surrogacy agency serving intended parents from multiple countries. Comparable in scope to CSED's global practice and a peer in cross-border case management.
• Circle Surrogacy: One of the largest US surrogacy and egg donation agencies, offering nearly identical full-service gestational carrier matching, donor matching, and international parent services. Direct head-to-head competitor for intended parents in the same price band.
• Growing Generations: Long-established surrogacy and egg donation agency with global reach, dedicated LGBTQ+ family-building programs, and end-to-end case management — closely paralleling CSED's service model and target customer segments.
• Extraordinary Conceptions: Surrogacy and egg donation agency with established donor database and matching services. Direct competitor in the same pricing tier and target segments.
• The Fertility Agency: Surrogacy and egg donation agency providing matching and journey management services. Comparable service offerings with a similar agency-fee pricing model.
• Simple Surrogacy: Texas-based surrogacy and egg donation agency offering full-service matching, case management, and legal coordination. Direct competitor for US-based intended parents.

Emerging players

• Cofertility: Tech-enabled egg donation and fertility platform with a split-cycle model and modern digital experience. Represents a newer, technology-led entrant competing for digitally native intended parents.
• Donor Egg Bank USA: Frozen egg bank and matching service partnering with fertility clinics. Adjacent to CSED's egg donation business but focuses on frozen rather than fresh donor cycles, representing a partial-overlap competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/csedinc
• Facebookfacebook.com/CSEDinc
• Instagraminstagram.com/csedinc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/csed

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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