Independent Journey
We understand that navigating an independent surrogacy or egg donation journey comes with many moving parts—legal contracts, payments, timelines, medical appointments, and more. It can feel overwhelming, but you don’t have to manage it alone.
Our team is here to simplify the financial side of your journey. With a secure escrow process, real-time payment tracking, and easy access to account balances and documentation, we ensure transparency and peace of mind every step of the way. We’re dedicated to providing the guidance, tools, and support you need to feel confident and in control.
Whether you’re an intended parent, surrogate, or egg donor, our goal is to make your independent journey smooth, stress-free, and successful. Let’s build your family with trust, transparency, and confidence—because you’ve got this, and we’ve got your back.
Benefits and services
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SeedTrust client funds are fully insured with a $100 million bond! The funds are further secured by a $2 million general liability policy, $1 million Errors & Omissions policy and $1 million Cyber Incident Protection policy.
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SeedTrust’s innovative online escrow fund management platform provides 24/7 access to your entire escrow account, including ledgers, documents and transaction history.
Direct deposit payments and real-time transaction notifications.
The SeedTrust online platform is transparent and allows for easy escrow management with AES-256 level encryption.
SeedTrust is an independent third-party with a fiduciary responsibility to protect your funds and ensure that funds are administered in accordance with the contract between you and your surrogate.
24-hour disbursement processing. Immediate transaction notifications and expedited fund distributions.
SeedTrust offers affordable, flat-fee with no transaction charges, no time-based charges, no charge for rematching… No hidden fees. EVER.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
What happens to my account and client portal when the engagement has ended?
We will not close the account until all parties certify that all monies have been paid and that nothing more is due to be paid or reimbursed. Once we have written confirmation from all parties, we prepare and refund the account funds via check or ACH/Wire Transfer.
Your client portal will remain active for 90 days after your account has been closed allowing you to access and download all documentation. Should you need to access your documentation after 90 days, you can do so by contacting our office, as SeedTrust maintains files for three years after the contract has ended.
My previous escrow agency never paid on time, how will you pay?
Because at SeedTrust, we believe in transparency and open lines of communication, we establish a benchmark payment schedule that is created and stored in the client portal; this schedule can be accessed at any time.
We believe establishing and displaying a payment schedule is the best first step, as it allows for any adjustments to be made and eliminates the guesswork. For instance, if your contract noted that your payment was to be disbursed on the 28th of every month and your particular banking institution has a required 4-day hold on incoming deposits, you would not receive your payment until after the first of the month. If agreed upon by all parties, we could easily modify the schedule and payment transfer date before the engagement began.
Once we establish a schedule that benefits all parties, the schedule document is created and stored in the client portal; this schedule can be accessed at any time. Payments are dispersed by direct deposit.
Payments for Reimbursements
Download the reimbursement form from your SeedTrust client portal, complete the form, and upload the completed form and receipts and/or documentation to the portal.
Once all of the documentation has been uploaded to the portal, it will be reviewed, and payment will be promptly made. When the payment has been made, all parties will receive a notification from the portal that the ledger has been updated.
The documentation and forms will remain in the portal should either the IP or Surrogate need access to them.
How is the SeedTrust process different?
Surrogates and Intended Parents have become accustomed to the complicated, antiquated and frustrating process of the industry’s current escrow experience. From the lack of communication to only receiving documentation after multiple requests to inconsistent payment schedules, both Intended Parents and Surrogates waste valuable time and even money.
Using SeedTrust for your escrow needs introduces you to a new way of managing your funds. It gives you 24/7 access to all of your documentation through your own unique client portal (you can even download the app to your phone or tablet), customized alerts before payments are sent out and when anything has been updated in your portal, and a new and easy scheduling process that we ensure all parties agree upon before we distribute the first payment. Additionally all documentation in your client portal is in real-time; when a benchmark payment or reimbursement is made it is automatically reflected in your ledger which you can access at anytime.
SeedTrust welcomes ALL clients and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex.
What is Escrow and why should I use a third party agency?
Escrow means that you’re using a “third party” to hold something of value, which helps to make your transaction safer. The job of an escrow service is simply to ensure that everybody sticks to what is outlined in the contract. Ideally, this would be a neutral third party, as they would have both parties best interests in mind.
Using a third party escrow agency like SeedTrust can eliminate the sometimes-uncomfortable conversations about money and payments that arise between the Intended Parents and Surrogate. By partnering with SmartVault, a secure and easy to access file management system, we have developed a unique process that eliminates the frustrating task of emailing accounting documents back and forth and allows you to spend more time on things that matter.
SeedTrust is owned and operated by an experienced Attorney and CPA. To date we have worked with Intended Parents, Surrogates, Egg Donors and Agencies in over a dozen countries.
Frequently Asked Questions
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