Carrying Hope Surrogacy

What Carrying Hope Surrogacy does

Carrying Hope Surrogacy (legal name: Carrying Hope, A Surrogacy Agency) is a privately-held, founder-owned US surrogacy agency established in 2019 in Brevard, North Carolina. The agency connects intended parents with gestational carriers and manages the full surrogacy journey for both parties, operating exclusively in the gestational (non-genetic) surrogacy model. Its customer base comprises two sides of a two-sided market: individuals and couples seeking to build families through surrogacy (including those with infertility, medical conditions preventing pregnancy, same-sex couples, and single parents), and women aged 21–42 with prior uncomplicated pregnancies who wish to become gestational carriers.

The agency delivers services through a 9-person team structured around a Director of Operations, dedicated Surrogate Coordinators, Intended Parent Coordinators, an Intake Coordinator, and a Social Media Marketing lead. Carrying Hope runs a defined 12-step process from application through birth, with an average journey duration of approximately 15 months. Service scope covers surrogate screening (medical record review, background checks, psychological evaluations), personalized matching, IVF clinic coordination, legal representation arrangement, travel coordination, OB care coordination, and ongoing communication throughout the pregnancy. There is no proprietary technology platform; the offering is a coordinated human-led service rather than a software product. Compensation for surrogates starts at $55,000, with a detailed fee schedule published as a PDF; agency fees for intended parents are referenced via the fee schedule but not explicitly disclosed on the website.

The business model is a direct-to-consumer professional services agency: revenue comes from fees charged to intended parents for journey coordination, while surrogate compensation, IVF clinic costs, medications, and prenatal/delivery medical expenses are separate line items paid by intended parents. Go-to-market relies on website-based inquiry, online application forms (separate flows for intended parents and surrogates), free consultations, social media presence managed in-house, and word-of-mouth/referrals within the surrogacy community. The founder's identity as a two-time surrogate with personal fertility struggle experience is the central brand differentiator. The agency operates only within the United States, with surrogates required to be US citizens and cases handled across multiple states under varying state-level surrogacy law.

Name

Carrying Hope Surrogacy

Legal name

Carrying Hope, A Surrogacy Agency

Website

https://carryinghopesurrogacy.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Carrying Hope Surrogacy is a privately-held US agency founded in 2019 that matches intended parents with gestational carriers and coordinates the full 12-step surrogacy journey, serving families unable to carry a pregnancy and women seeking to become surrogates.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Surrogacy Services

NAICS

Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Family Planning Centers (621410)

akta.pro primary industry

Obstetrics & Gynecology (OB/GYN) Clinics (HLAFAJAA)

Keywords

• Gestational surrogacy services
• Surrogacy agency matching
• Intended parent coordination
• Surrogate support services
• Surrogacy journey management

Headquarters

HQ city

Brevard

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Surrogacy Agency Services: The agency generates revenue through service fees charged to intended parents for coordinating and managing the surrogacy journey. This includes screening surrogates, matching services, coordination of medical appointments, legal representation arrangements, and ongoing support throughout the 15-month average journey. Surrogate compensation (starting at $55,000) is typically paid by intended parents in addition to agency fees.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Carrying Hope Surrogacy is a U.S. surrogacy agency that matches intended parents with gestational carriers and coordinates the entire surrogacy journey. The agency screens and recruits surrogates, performs personalized matching, arranges legal representation and IVF clinic coordination, and provides ongoing coordinator-led support throughout an average 15-month process from application to delivery. Gestational surrogacy only — the surrogate has no genetic connection to the embryo — with surrogate compensation packages starting at $55,000.

Product overview

Carrying Hope is a surrogacy agency offering a unified service platform for two primary client groups: intended parents seeking gestational carriers and women wanting to become surrogates. The core offering includes a comprehensive surrogacy journey program with defined process steps spanning application, consultation, medical screening, matching, legal contracts, embryo transfer, pregnancy, and delivery. Services are delivered through a team of coordinators (Director of Operations, Surrogate Coordinators, Intended Parent Coordinators, and Intake Coordinator) who provide personalized support throughout. The agency specializes in gestational surrogacy only (no genetic connection between surrogate and embryo), with compensation starting at $55,000 for surrogates.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Surrogacy Agency Services for Intended Parents

Quantifiable outcome

• Average surrogacy journey time from application to delivery: 15 months

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Circle Surrogacy: Circle Surrogacy is one of the largest US surrogacy agencies, offering full journey coordination, surrogate matching, legal arrangements, and case management for intended parents. Closely comparable core offering, customer segments, and service model to Carrying Hope, though at significantly greater scale and brand recognition.
• Family Source Consultants: Family Source Consultants is a US surrogacy and egg donation agency coordinating journeys for intended parents and gestational carriers. Highly comparable offering and customer segments, with a similar boutique agency positioning.
• Worldwide Surrogacy Specialists: Worldwide Surrogacy Specialists is a full-service agency serving US and international intended parents with surrogate matching and journey management. Comparable offering to Carrying Hope, with additional international intended-parent capability.
• Growing Generations: Growing Generations is a long-established US surrogacy and egg donation agency providing comprehensive journey coordination. Directly comparable service offering, target customers, and coordinator-led delivery model to Carrying Hope.
• SurrogateFirst: SurrogateFirst is a US surrogacy agency providing gestational carrier matching, screening, and full case management. Comparable in service scope and target customers to Carrying Hope.
• Simple Surrogacy: Simple Surrogacy is a US-based surrogacy agency offering structured journey coordination for intended parents and surrogates. Comparable offering with a similarly defined multi-step process and coordinator-led service delivery.
• Conceptions: Conceptions is a US surrogacy agency providing surrogate matching, screening, legal coordination, and case management for intended parents and gestational carriers. Highly comparable service scope and customer base to Carrying Hope.

Broad incumbents

• Boston IVF: Boston IVF is a large US fertility clinic network providing IVF, egg donation, and some surrogacy coordination as part of a broader reproductive medicine portfolio. Overlaps with Carrying Hope on the medical/fertility side but operates a much wider clinical footprint rather than specializing as a surrogacy agency.
• Reproductive Medicine Associates (RMA): RMA is a leading US fertility clinic network providing IVF and reproductive medicine. Indirectly comparable as a likely clinic partner to whom Carrying Hope refers intended parents, though not a direct agency competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/CarryingHopeSurrogacy

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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