Fertility Planit

Fertility Planit is the leading social brand for people who want to have children and for all services that support them.

  • Stage Prototype Ready
  • Industry Internet / Web Services
  • Location Sausalito, CA, USA
  • Currency USD
  • Founded January 2011
  • Employees 4
  • Website fertilityplanit.com

Company Summary

Fertility Planit (FP) aims to be the leading social brand for people who want to have children and for all services that support them. Our media company offers a customizable social network, multimedia content on demand and live events. Our community brings consumers and providers together -- reducing the pain of infertility by offering information, support and inspiration to people as they explore all options for having children.

Team

  • Shelley Perry
    CTO

    My expertise is designing and implementing innovative software product strategies, productizing software, and managing large-scale global software development. My goal is always to help companies achieve competitive differentiation, revenue and margin growth, and across-the-board operational and cost efficiencies

    Over the past five years at HP / EDS I have held transformational roles in three positions.

  • Karin Thayer
    Founder/CEO

    Karin is originally from San Francisco, earned her BA from Smith College and her MFA from the USC School of Cinematic Arts. She's an award winning media producer and video journalist, working worldwide for broadcasters including the BBC, Discovery, PBS and Oxygen Media.

    During a long and challenging journey with her own fertility, Karin decided to "fly solo" into motherhood. Her son was born in April 2011.

  • Lis Hubert
    UX/UI Designer

  • Athena von Oech
    Communities/Social Media Management

  • Carver Wright
    Event/Expo Producer

  • Amy Rappeport
    Content Management

    I am a founding partner of Mind Over Media, LLC - with a 20 + year career in publishing, advertising sales, marketing and direct marketing on both coasts.

    At Mind Over Media, I have strategically assisted a wide range of companies including Strategic Partners, Inc., The Franchise Company, Media News Group, AOL/Time Warner, The Los Angeles Times, Estee Lauder and LA.com, among others.

  • Richard Marrs
    Advisory Board

    Leading fertility specialist; owner of California Fertility Partners in Los Angeles

  • Paul Turek
    Advisory Board

    Leading male infertility specialist; The Turek Clinic, San Francisco

  • Phil Swain
    Advisory Board

    CEO YogaWorks, Santa Monica/SF/NYC

  • Jennifer Neeley
    Advisory Board

    Global Social Media Consultant and Strategist, Silicon Valley and UK based

  • Daoshing Ni
    Advisory Board

    Internationally known TCM and Acupuncturist; owner of Tao of Wellness, based in Santa Monica

  • Andrew Vorzimer
    Advisory Board

    Owner, Egg Donation Inc. and Managing Partner of Vorzimer Masserman, Los Angeles

  • Liyun Li
    Advisory Board

    Reproductive Endocrinologist, Pacific Fertility Center, San Francisco

Advisors

  • Ms. Mavis Yee and Ms. Wanli Xu at Nixon Peabody, Palo Alto
    Lawyer
    Unconfirmed
    Mr. Paul Fong, BPM, San Francisco (Accountant); and Patsy Rich, Bookkeeper, Marin County & Nashville
    Accountant
    Unconfirmed

Previous Investors

  • Founder/CEO Karin Thayer
    Unconfirmed
    Family and Friends of Founder/CEO
    Unconfirmed

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