Episode 178: Angela Rastegar

Angela Rastegar is the founder and CEO of Sunfish Technologies founded in 2022, a financial platform focused on making parenthood affordable for all types of families. Sunfish’s mission is to bring financial inclusion to the ART (assisted reproductive technologies) community via a full service financial planning toolkit including loans, guarantees, grants, and guidance. Sunfish works directly with numerous IVF clinics, surrogacy agencies, and egg banks. The leadership team has expertise in health tech, fintech, consumer lending, and assisted reproduction. Angela has spoken at several recent events on the state of the economy and how it impacts consumer affordability in fertility, and the landscape of innovation on financial tools for assisted reproduction. Angela was most recently a Director at Circle Surrogacy and Egg Donation, and she holds a BA in Human Biology from Stanford University and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.Listen as Angela discuss with Ellen and Jenn:• Having experience building other companies.• Seeing couples going through surrogacy and IVF shift in excitement when it comes to finances.• Recognizing the need for more financial assistance tools when it comes to family building. • Assisting families to find benefits through clinics or employers, grants, and other resources to help relieve financial stress.• Navigating and balancing patient-doctor care with the increasing prominence of AI.• Seeing hope that technology will reduce financial inflation.Want to share your story or ask a question? Call and leave us a message on our hotline: 303-997-1903.Learn more about Sunfish: https://joinsunfish.com/ Checkout Sunfish on social media: https://www.instagram.com/joinsunfish/; https://www.facebook.com/joinsunfishLearn more about our podcast: https://iwanttoputababyinyou.com/ Learn more about our surrogacy agencies: https://www.brightfuturesfamilies.com/ Get your IWTPABIY merch here! https://iwanttoputababyinyou.com/merch Learn more about Ellen’s law firm: http://trachmanlawcenter.com/