Nascency

What Nascency does

Nascency, LLC is a US-based, full-service surrogacy agency incorporated in 2024 and headquartered in Encinitas, California. The company recruits, screens, and matches gestational carriers with intended parents — including LGBTQ+ intended parents — and coordinates the end-to-end journey, including legal process management, perinatal support, and delivery services through its Our Birth Program with doula support. It is led by founder Carly Stockdale (Yale MPH, formerly of Prelude), with a clinical advisor who is a maternal-fetal medicine specialist and a leadership team that includes operators and a Head of Product with MIT Sloan and Amazon Echo/Google.org experience. The company is a member of the Society for Ethics in Egg Donation and Surrogacy (SEEDS), with the founder on its Standards Committee, and is affiliated with the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM).

The company's product surface extends beyond transactional matching. It operates an educational Surrogacy Learning Center, a community platform called Nascency Voices, and dedicated intake portals for both intended parents (welcome.nascency.com) and surrogate candidates (quiz.nascency.com). Matching is described as a proprietary intelligent system but the underlying technical architecture is not publicly disclosed. The business model is professional services: revenue is generated via agency fees on each completed journey, with no public pricing and free initial consultations. Distribution is sales-led and community-led, relying on direct-to-surrogate recruitment, organic referrals from fertility clinics, and an owned social presence rather than paid lead acquisition. The company is bootstrapped, with no disclosed external funding to date, and operates as a small team of approximately 15 named members.

Name

Nascency

Legal name

Nascency, LLC

Website

https://nascency.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Nascency is a 2024-founded, US-based full-service surrogacy agency that matches intended parents with gestational carriers and coordinates legal, perinatal, and birth support across the entire surrogacy journey.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Surrogacy Agency / Family Building Services

NAICS

Family Planning Centers (621410), Family Planning Centers (62141)

akta.pro primary industry

Fertility, Reproductive Endocrinology & IVF Centers (HLAFAJAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Fertility & Reproductive Endocrinology Telehealth (IVF/IUI, infertility evaluation) (HLALAHAA)

Keywords

• Surrogacy agency services
• Gestational carrier matching
• Intended parent coordination
• Fertility journey support
• Surrogate recruitment

Headquarters

HQ city

San Diego

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 Matching and Journey Coordination Services: Service-based revenue model providing comprehensive surrogacy matching, journey coordination, perinatal support, and legal/insurance connections for intended parents. Services span from matching through postpartum support. The company does not charge surrogates for participation.
2. Surrogate Benefits Administration: Administrative services managing surrogate compensation, benefits packages, and reimbursements including spa days, cleaning services, childcare support, doula benefits, and personalized gifting programs.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Nascency is a full-service U.S. surrogacy agency that recruits gestational carriers directly, performs proprietary compatibility-based matching with intended parents, and coordinates the end-to-end journey from consultation through postpartum, including perinatal support, legal and insurance connections, and surrogate compensation and benefits administration. The company does not charge surrogates and provides free initial consultations for intended parents, layering in a Surrogacy Learning Center, an Our Birth Program, and the Nascency Voices community platform as integrated educational and support offerings.

Product overview

Nascency is a full-service surrogacy agency operating as a unified platform, combining direct surrogate recruitment, intelligent matching, comprehensive journey coordination, perinatal support, and birth services. The core product is the Nascency surrogacy agency service, supplemented by several integrated offerings: the Surrogacy Learning Center for education, Our Birth Program for birth support, and Nascency Voices for community storytelling. Separate web portals (quiz.nascency.com and welcome.nascency.com) handle surrogate and intended parent intake respectively.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Nascency Voices: A community platform where surrogates and intended parents share stories, videos, photos, and written reflections about their surrogacy experiences.

Products and services

• Nascency Core Surrogacy Services Full-service surrogacy agency service providing surrogate recruitment, compatibility-based matching, end-to-end journey coordination, perinatal support, legal and insurance connections, and postpartum care for intended parents in the United States.
• Our Birth Program Birth support program providing surrogates with doula services, childbirth education, lactation support, and individualized birth preparation assistance led by experienced reproductive and perinatal professionals.
• Our Voices Program Surrogate storytelling and content creation program that enables gestational carriers and intended parents to share their experiences through video, photos, and written content for community education and awareness, with points-based rewards redeemable as gift cards or donations to infertility organizations.
• Surrogate Application and Qualification Portal Online qualification quiz and application system that allows prospective U.S. surrogates (ages 21-43, prior healthy pregnancy, BMI below 32, no more than three C-sections, no major pregnancy complications) to answer questions and determine eligibility before connecting with the Nascency team.
• Intended Parent Intake and Consultation Portal Web-based consultation and intake portal enabling intended parents in the U.S. to schedule free consultations and begin the surrogacy journey process with the Nascency team.

Quantifiable outcome

• Average matching time under 60 days for intended parents with surrogates
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SEEDS (Society for Ethics in Egg Donation and Surrogacy)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Professional membership since 2024. Founder Carly Stockdale serves on the SEEDS Standards Committee, contributing to industry ethical standards development in egg donation and surrogacy.
• March of Dimes / March for BabiesminorOthers · 1 January 2024Corporate donor relationship. Nascency donated $5,000+ in 2024 to March for Babies, supporting maternal and infant health initiatives. March of Dimes is also a donation partner for Nascency Voices community rewards program.
• RESOLVE: The National Infertility AssociationminorOthers · 1 January 2024Nonprofit partnership. Donated $500+ from interviews with gestational carriers to support the infertility community. RESOLVE is also a donation partner option in Nascency Voices community rewards program.
• The Surrogacy FoundationminorOthers · 1 January 2024Nonprofit partnership. Nascency hosted the 2024 Surrogacy Soirée Fundraiser for The Surrogacy Foundation, which supports surrogates and intended families through education and access. The foundation is also a donation partner in Nascency Voices.
• San Diego Volunteers in MedicineminorOthers · 1 January 2024Nonprofit board position. Founder Carly Stockdale serves as a Trustee for San Diego Volunteers in Medicine, supporting healthcare access initiatives.
• Yale Healthcare Case Competition Board of AdvisorsminorOthers · 1 January 2024Academic advisory board. Founder Carly Stockdale serves on the Yale Healthcare Case Competition Board of Advisors, supporting healthcare leadership development.
• ASRM (American Society for Reproductive Medicine)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2014Professional membership since 2014 demonstrating active participation and leadership in the reproductive medicine professional community.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Family Source Consultants: Full-service gestational surrogacy agency in the US with own escrow and trust services, offering matching and journey coordination for intended parents. Comparable operating model and customer profile.
• Egg Donor & Surrogacy Institute (EDS): US surrogacy and egg donation agency offering both matching and program management. Direct overlap in services, geography, and customer type.
• Circle Surrogacy: One of the largest US surrogacy agencies offering full-service matching, journey coordination, and legal support for intended parents. Directly comparable as a full-service, US-only surrogacy agency targeting similar intended-parent and surrogate populations.
• ConceiveAbilities: US-based surrogacy and egg donation agency providing matching, case management, and insurance coordination. Highly comparable service model and target customer base to Nascency.
• Simple Surrogacy: Texas-based surrogacy and egg donation agency offering matching and program management. Direct competitor in the US full-service surrogacy agency space with similar service scope.
• Joy of Life (formerly The Surrogacy Experience): US-based full-service surrogacy agency with a high-touch, personal-service positioning similar to Nascency. Competes directly for the same intended-parent and surrogate segments.
• Growing Generations: Established full-service surrogacy and egg donation agency with strong LGBTQ+ family-building focus. Direct competitor in the same full-service surrogacy segment with overlapping intended parent and surrogate profiles.
• Creative Family Connections: Reproductive law and surrogacy/egg donation agency practice with matching and journey coordination. Comparable as a full-service surrogacy provider with strong legal coordination focus.
• Worldwide Surrogacy Specialists: Surrogacy agency supporting both US-domestic and cross-border journeys. Comparable in offering matching and journey coordination though with a broader geographic scope; relevant for benchmarking in the surrogacy category.

Broad incumbents

• Prelude Fertility: Large US fertility clinic network (founded by the same team Carly Stockdale joined pre-Nascency). Adjacent incumbent as a clinic-side provider that could partner with or compete against Nascency in the family-building journey.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@itsNascency
• Facebookfacebook.com/itsnascency
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/nascency
• Instagraminstagram.com/itsnascency

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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