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February 14, 2022

Fertility startup raises $20m from Atomico to make IVF accessible to all

UK-based Gaia wants to help the one in seven couples that are suffering from infertility


Mimi Billing

3 min read

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London-based fertility startup Gaia today announced it had raised $20m in a Series A funding round led by Atomico. The company is using predictive technology to offer the world’s first-ever insurance product for in vitro fertilisation (IVF), easing the financial burden for one of the most common technologies for assisted reproduction.

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Gaia founder and chief executive Nader AlSalim.
Gaia founder and chief executive Nader AlSalim
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Mimi Billing

Mimi Billing is Sifted's Europe editor, based in Stockholm. She covers the Nordics and can be found on X and LinkedIn

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