# Angela Rastegar

> Angela Rastegar is the co-founder and CEO of Sunfish, a Los Angeles fertility-finance company that treats the cost of building a family as a problem worth engineering around. After a 2016 egg-freezing attempt left her facing a confusing, expensive and isolating bill with no insurance to lean on, she went to work inside the fertility industry, watched patients drain 401(k)s and sell engagement rings, and then built a platform of loans, grants, guidance and a money-back IVF Success Program priced off a patient's own biodata. A two-time founder with a Stanford biology degree and a Stanford MBA, she raised a $10M Series A in early 2025 and put a refund guarantee at the center of an industry that has long charged for attempts rather than outcomes.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and CEO at Sunfish
- **Organizations:** Sunfish, Origin Finance, Circle Surrogacy, Village Capital, Agora for Good, Monitor Deloitte, PepsiCo, Dalberg Global Development Advisors
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** BA, Human Biology and Global Health / Economics, Stanford University, MBA, Stanford Graduate School of Business, High school diploma, Punahou School
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Sunfish, a ~50-person fertility-finance company, Raised a $10M Series A (January 2025) led by Haymaker Ventures; ~$14M total funding, Built the IVF Success Program: biodata-driven cost prediction with a partial-refund guarantee and unlimited embryo transfers

## Career timeline

- **2014** — Founded Agora for Good, an online marketplace connecting companies and individuals to high-impact nonprofits; served as CEO through 2017
- **2016** — Explored egg freezing without fertility coverage; the confusing, expensive experience planted the seed for Sunfish
- **2018** — Served as interim fund manager / investor at Village Capital
- **2019** — Joined Circle Surrogacy as Director for the West Coast and Asia Pacific regions
- **2020** — Became CEO of Origin Finance, providing family-building loans
- **2022** — Founded Sunfish to make parenthood financially accessible
- **2025** — Closed a $10M Series A led by Haymaker Ventures; total funding reaches $14M

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Sunfish, a ~50-person fertility-finance company
- Raised a $10M Series A (January 2025) led by Haymaker Ventures; ~$14M total funding
- Built the IVF Success Program: biodata-driven cost prediction with a partial-refund guarantee and unlimited embryo transfers
- Expanded a partnership with Ivy Fertility to 28 clinics across the US
- Previously founded and exited two companies before Sunfish
- Speaker at TEDx London, the Reproductive Health Innovation Summit, and at Stanford, Harvard and Columbia

## Latest updates

- **2025-01** — Sunfish raised a $10M Series A led by Haymaker Ventures to expand its membership combining financial tools, predictive modeling and virtual care support.
- **2024** — Launched an AI-powered egg-freezing program with a cost guarantee and continued her own IVF journey.

## Links

- Website: https://joinsunfish.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angela-rastegar-9ba262
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/angelarastegar
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@joinsunfish
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joinsunfish
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joinsunfish

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Last updated: 2026-06-14