# Brave Health

> Brave Health is a Miami-based virtual behavioral health provider built chiefly for people with Medicaid and Medicare, combining teletherapy, psychiatry, medication management, group care and specialized programs with persistent outreach and payer integration. Rather than selling convenient therapy directly to affluent consumers or employers, it contracts with health plans and accepts insurance, using technology to reach patients, coordinate care and increasingly take responsibility for outcomes.

- **Founded:** 2017
- **Headquarters:** Miami, United States
- **Founders:** Anna Lindow (Co-founder and former CEO), Jake Schwartz (Co-founder and board member; former CEO)
- **Team size:** Approximately 201-500 employees; LinkedIn listed 257 employees in 2026, while supplied company data lists 260.
- **Products:** Virtual individual therapy, Psychiatry and medication management, Online group therapy, Specialized therapy programs, Transitions of care and gap closure
- **Notable:** Accredited by The Joint Commission., Expanded from a Florida launch in 2019 to contracts across 14 states by July 2026., Built relationships with more than 200 health plans.

## Products & services

- **Virtual individual therapy** — Video-based outpatient therapy delivered by licensed clinicians for mental health conditions and emotional or relationship concerns.
- **Psychiatry and medication management** — Remote psychiatric assessment, prescribing and ongoing medication support.
- **Online group therapy** — Clinician-led groups that aggregate patients across geography around shared needs, including anxiety, bipolar disorder, trauma and teen mental health.
- **Specialized therapy programs** — Programs including DBT, EMDR, family counseling and pregnancy and postpartum support.
- **Transitions of care and gap closure** — Health-plan and provider programs designed to reach members after hospitalization, schedule follow-up and coordinate ongoing outpatient treatment.
- **Coordinated addiction-treatment referrals** — A 2025 collaboration with Ophelia links Brave mental health patients to medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder and provides reciprocal referrals.

## Achievements

- Accredited by The Joint Commission.
- Expanded from a Florida launch in 2019 to contracts across 14 states by July 2026.
- Built relationships with more than 200 health plans.
- Reported serving more than 55,000 individuals nationwide in 2025.
- Raised a $40 million Series C led by Town Hall Ventures in 2022, bringing publicly announced cumulative funding at that time to $60 million.
- Announced its first value-based care contract with Molina Healthcare of Texas in 2022.
- Reported an outreach contact success rate above 80% in 2022; these figures are company-reported.
- Reported patient analyses showing substantial improvements in follow-up and lower readmission-related costs; these figures are company- or partner-reported rather than independent randomized evidence.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Sarah Tilton became CEO, succeeding co-founder Jake Schwartz, who remained on the board.
- **2025-12** — Brave reported serving more than 55,000 people nationwide during 2025 and published a clinical outcomes report.
- **2025-05** — Brave and Ophelia launched coordinated referrals spanning mental health care and medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder.
- **2023-10** — Brave unveiled a redesigned website aimed at patients, advocates, social workers, case managers and referrers.
- **2022-10** — The company raised a $40 million Series C led by Town Hall Ventures to expand its data infrastructure, state footprint and value-based contracts.

## Links

- Website: https://bebravehealth.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/brave-health
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/bravehealth1
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BeBraveHealth
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bebravehealth
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/bebravehealth

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Last updated: 2026-08-20