Cord Blood America Inc. Announces Strategic Alliance with Premier Funding and Financial Marketing Services of Phoenix, Arizona

Business Wire, Feb 8, 2005

LOS ANGELES -- Cord Blood America Inc. (OTCBB:CBAI) announced today that it has established a strategic alliance with Premier Funding and Financial Marketing Services of Phoenix, Arizona. Premier Funding will focus on Corporate Imaging and Retail Market awareness for the existing and new shareholder base.

Matt Schissler, Chairman and CEO of Cord Blood America Inc., said, "We are pleased to be associated with a high-powered financial company with the caliber of Premier. We believe Premier will help bring investor awareness to our stock and brand awareness for our products to the financial community. We believe Premier will aggressively and successfully introduce our unique company to the public markets, broker dealer associations, financial services sector and institutional investors of public companies while enhancing our brand name awareness."

Kelly Black, President and CEO of Premier Funding and Financial Marketing Services, said, "We are proud to work with Cord Blood America Inc. in incorporating the advertising services of various media outlets exposing our portfolio companies to the public markets. We are impressed with the high quality standards and unique market opportunities the company is able to achieve through their disciplined growth strategies."

About Cord Blood America Inc.

Cord Blood America (OTCBB:CBAI) is the parent company of Cord Partners, which facilitates umbilical cord blood stem cell preservation for expectant parents and their children. Its mission is to be the most respected stem cell preservation company in the industry. Collected through a safe and non-invasive process, cord blood stem cells offer a powerful and life-saving resource for treating a growing number of ailments. For more information on how this precious lifeline can benefit your family, visit www.cordpartners.com.

In addition to meeting the new Food and Drug Administration (FDA) standards that will take affect in May 2005, Cord Partners' partner laboratory holds the following licenses and certificates of accreditation:

--Health Care Finance Administration Certificate (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act of 1988)

--Nuclear Regulatory Commission License Accreditation by the American Association of Blood Banks

--Accreditation by the American Society of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics

--New Jersey State Department of Health Clinical Laboratory and Blood Bank licenses

--New York State Department of Health licenses for collection, testing processing and distribution of donated blood and blood products

--Licensed by PharmaStem Therapeutics, the organization that holds the patents to stem cell preservation techniques.

About Premier Funding

Premier Funding and Financial Marketing Services is the liaison to the investment community, finding the right financial support and solutions for the capital needs of publicly traded companies. Premier also is focused upon providing corporate imaging, public relations, financial marketing, and sales support.

Forward-Looking Statements

This release contains forward-looking statements, which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. We use words such as "anticipate," "believe," "expect," "future," "intend," "plan," and similar expressions to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, our ability to increase income streams, to grow revenue and earnings, and to obtain additional cord blood banking and other projects. These statements are only predictions and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions, which are identified and described in the Company's public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.