Making families possible: how SeedLegals powers Enhanced Fertility’s life-changing mission

When you’ve lived the problem you’re trying to solve, the mission becomes personal.

For Andreia Trigo, co-founder and CTO of Enhanced Fertility, infertility isn’t just a medical term – it’s a life-defining reality. Diagnosed at 17 and told she could never carry a child, Andreia turned her own heartbreak into a career of helping others as a specialist nurse, entrepreneur, and tireless advocate for better reproductive health. Together with her husband, Frank Khan Sullivan, she’s built Enhanced Fertility to give others an easier path to creating a family.

Their at-home diagnostic kits and integrated clinical systems cut the time to treatment from years to days, breaking down the barriers of cost, geography, and bureaucracy that so often stand in the way. In just the past 18 months, they’ve celebrated the birth of 32 healthy babies – and they’re only just getting started.

It’s no wonder Enhanced Fertility was named a finalist in the SeedLegals Startup Awards for Most Captivating Mission. This is a business built on empathy, cutting-edge science and relentless drive. And with SeedLegals helping them raise funding and navigate the legal maze, they’re scaling their impact from Lisbon to Los Angeles and beyond.

Infertility affects one in six couples worldwide, yet getting a diagnosis and treatment can take years. Enhanced Fertility is changing that, reducing the time to treatment from an average of 3.2 years to as little as six and a half days on average. And their rapid results are attracting attention fast.

But as Frank explains, getting there wasn’t simple:

The challenge: overcoming startup legal complexity

Enhanced Fertility needed help with:

• Qualifying for SEIS/EIS to attract investors
• Setting up and managing a clean, accurate cap table
• Understanding and executing complex funding agreements
• Creating an investor-ready data room
• Managing multi-jurisdictional operations

The solution: expert support + accessible tools = unstoppable momentum

SeedLegals helped Enhanced Fertility handle every stage of their fundraising and compliance journey:

✅ SEIS/EIS Advance Assurance made simple
SeedLegals guided the team through SEIS/EIS qualification, making it easy to offer attractive tax reliefs to investors without getting lost in the fine print.

✅ An investor-ready data room
With templates and guidance, they could confidently manage investor outreach and store the right documents in the right place.

✅ Agreement clarity
From disclosure letters to deeds of adherence, Frank learned exactly what each agreement meant and how to execute it – without expensive legal bills.

✅ Smooth execution
Digital witnessing and flexible investment templates meant they could close investment deals quickly. 

✅ Cutting legal costs without cutting corners
When a VC term sheet earmarked 10% of their investment for legal and due diligence fees, Frank knew something was wrong. With SeedLegals’ flat-fee pricing, they avoided those inflated costs and kept more investment money to build the business. 

✅ World-class account management
SeedLegals account managers Ben Cane and Glenn Martin were on hand to guide Frank and Andreia whenever they needed, explaining the legal step-by-step and how to make it all easy using SeedLegals tools.

✅ A clean cap table
With multiple rounds and convertible notes, cap table management could have been a nightmare. SeedLegals made it simple, clear, and investor-ready.

The results: funding, growth, global reach and 32 new lives

With SeedLegals, Enhanced Fertility has:

✅ Raised over £1.2M in funding across multiple rounds
✅ Expanded operations to Europe and the US
✅ Partnered with 27 clinics across Europe and secured four US hospital partnerships
✅ Delivered 32 healthy live births in just 18 months (their proud “net baby score”)

Frank’s top tips for fellow founders

• Manage your cash flow – “Make sure there’s not too much month left at the end of the money.”
• Don’t reinvent the wheel – “Revolutionise your industry, not the fundamentals of building a business. Use standardised best practices and affordable tools like SeedLegals.”
• Choose investors wisely – “These relationships last years. Align with people who believe in your mission. Choose your investors as wisely as they choose you.”
• Keep going – “Fundraising is twice as hard and takes three times as long as you think. There have been three moments we nearly threw in the towel.”

The future: Aiming for 32,000 babies

Enhanced Fertility’s goal is bold: scale their model to deliver 32,000 babies, and one day, a million. With SeedLegals’ ongoing support and a clear mission guiding every decision, they’re well on their way.

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