We welcome serious enquiries from journalists, documentary makers, researchers, and podcasters. We will answer honestly — including the hard questions. If you are writing about changing attitudes to parenthood, alternative family structures, cross-cultural relationships, or the future of giving — we are relevant to your story.
Karmic Parents is a for-profit membership platform connecting adult companions in developed countries with families raising children in developing countries — currently the Philippines, Myanmar, and Laos — through structured, long-term, protected relationships. Companions are vetted with identity verification and a thorough review process. Families are verified in person by local partner organisations. All contact is mediated through the platform. The minimum commitment is five years from the date of first match. The platform facilitates monthly exchanges, annual activities, and an optional Future Fund that transfers to the child when they turn 18.
Karmic Parents is not a charity, non-profit, adoption agency, fostering service, or child sponsorship programme. Companions do not choose families — families choose companions by reading a letter and deciding. The platform does not operate a database of available children. It does not solicit charitable donations. Subscriptions are membership fees for a service, not donations. The model was deliberately built as for-profit because the founder believes commercial accountability produces more honest outcomes than grant-dependent structures.
| Company name | Karmic Ventures LLC |
| Legal structure | For-profit LLC registered in Wyoming, United States |
| Founded | 2026 |
| Headquarters | Remote — distributed team |
| Programme countries | Philippines, Myanmar, Laos (expanding) |
| Membership tiers | The Witness ($79/mo), The Companion ($149/mo), The Kindred ($249/mo) |
| Vetting requirements | Identity verification, written letter reviewed by real people, video interview with the team |
| Child contact | Zero direct contact between companions and children at any point before age 18 consent |
| Safeguarding policy | Published at karmicparents.com/safeguarding-policy.html |
| Press contact | hello@karmicparents.com |
A concise factual overview of the platform, the model, the vetting process, the safeguarding framework, and the philosophy behind the platform. Suitable for publication as background information.
RequestThe founder is available for on-record interviews conducted in writing — questions submitted by email, responses returned for publication. Topics: the platform's philosophy, the changing relationship to parenthood, the for-profit model, and the safeguarding framework.
RequestHigh-resolution logo files in multiple formats for publication. Brand usage guidelines included. Please do not alter the logo or use it in contexts that contradict the platform's safeguarding values.
RequestWe are not a sponsorship programme. Describing Karmic Parents as "child sponsorship with a twist" or any similar framing misrepresents the model in ways that affect both how potential companions understand us and how families perceive the relationship. The structural difference — families choose companions, not the reverse — is fundamental, not cosmetic.
We are for-profit and we say so openly. This is not a detail to be framed as a criticism without context. The founder chose this model deliberately and for specific reasons explained on our FAQ page. We are happy to discuss those reasons on the record.
No children's images or identifying details. We ask that publications covering Karmic Parents do not seek to identify, photograph, or name any child or family in our programme. This is a safeguarding requirement, not a preference. We will not facilitate any contact between media and partner families.
We are early stage and honest about it. We are a founding cohort platform. We do not have years of outcome data or large companion numbers. We will say so clearly in any interview. We ask publications to reflect this accuracy rather than overstating scale.
We will answer hard questions on the record. About the business model. About the safeguarding framework. About what happens when things go wrong. About the ethics of what we are building. We believe in transparency and we will demonstrate it in interviews.
Karmic Parents launched in 2026. This page will carry links to published coverage as it appears.
If you are working on a story, write to us at press@karmicparents.com.
Send us your questions in writing. We respond to press enquiries within 48 hours. All interviews are conducted by email — questions submitted, answers returned for publication.
press@karmicparents.com