Cryos International is the world’s largest sperm and egg bank, offering delivery to over 100 countries. With our large variety of carefully selected donors of diverse ethnicities and phenotypes, our mission is to guide you on your path to parenthood and offer personal and professional counsel. Our vision and purpose is to help people make their dream of having a child come true, and we are proud to have achieved the industry’s highest number of registered pregnancies worldwide. Read on to learn more about Cryos.
Ole Schou tells the story about how Cryos started:
"I don’t know why I had this dream back in 1981. But for some strange reason, the moment I woke up I just knew I had to find out everything there was to know about frozen sperm. It became somewhat of an obsession and I basically read every book and paper ever written about the subject. Little did I know, that all of a sudden, I had actually become one of the leading experts in the subject without even being a scholar of natural science.
Fortunately, I was able to combine my knowledge about frozen sperm with a Graduate Diploma in Business & Administration, and gradually establish a successful commercial business. Utilising my knowledge about the process of freezing and storing human sperm, I started collaborating with doctors and clinics who were very satisfied with my work and my product. Business took off, and at first my office and laboratory were established as a service merely for frozen sperm storage. In 1990 the donor programme was established, and international demand increased rapidly.
Later on, we started specialising in the egg vitrification technology as well. This means that we are able to help even more people around the world becoming parents."
Cryos highlights
Take a glance at the story of Cryos in the slider below. Here we have gathered some of the highlights from the years that have passed since Cryos was founded and up until today.
Cryos delivers to more than 100 countries worldwide and has surpassed a milestone of 1000 sperm and egg donors altogether
Cryos can proudly celebrate its 30th anniversary
Cryos opened the first fully independent egg bank in the U.S.
Cryos opened a department in Odense (Denmark)
Cryos in the U.S. moved from New York to Orlando, FL.
Cryos reached delivery to more than 70 countries worldwide
Cryos launched a new website in 19 languages
Cryos reached delivery to more than 50 countries worldwide
Cryos began selling to private clients
Cryos opened a department in Aalborg (Denmark)
Cryos became a licensed tissue centre according to the EU Directives
Cryos started operating with ID Release donors
Cryos in the U.S. moved from Seattle to New York
Cryos opened Scandinavian Cryobank in Seattle, USA
Cryos opened a department in Copenhagen (Denmark)
The Donor Programme was established
Cryos was established in Aarhus, Denmark
Ole Schou spent most of his time researching
Founder Ole Schou had a dream about frozen sperm