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Jackie Hanson on the TechTO stage

Jackie Hanson

Co-founder & CEO, Sprout Family

HealthTechTorontoOn TechTO stages since 2025

Jackie Hanson is co-founder and CEO of Sprout Family, a Toronto company that provides fertility, surrogacy and adoption benefits to employees through a digital platform and financial coverage sold via employers and brokers. Before founding it in 2023 with Suzanne Mason, she worked in investment banking, private equity at CPP Investments, and product roles at Properly.

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First seen on the TechTO stage in 2025. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Jackie

In their words

building your company and you have to have like a deep rooted passion for the problem and the industry and the market that you're selling into

TechTO, Jan 2025 · watch at 5:15

and i think the other mentality that we had was just like ship fast fail fast

TechTO, Jan 2025 · watch at 12:39

fundrais is really hard it will knock you down and make you feel like you're a failure so many times

TechTO, Jan 2025 · watch at 13:54
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Quick answers

What does Sprout Family do?

It provides fertility, surrogacy and adoption benefits to employees through a digital health platform and 'Sprout Pay' financial coverage, sold via employers and insurance brokers.

What was Jackie Hanson's background before founding it?

Investment banking, private equity at CPP Investments, then chief-of-staff and product roles at the proptech firm Properly. She co-founded Sprout in 2023 with Suzanne Mason.

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