# Expressable

> Expressable is a virtual speech therapy company that pairs licensed speech-language pathologists with families over video, then hands parents the tools, homework, and text-message support to keep the therapy going the other 167 hours of the week. Founded in Austin in 2019 by a speech pathologist and her healthcare-operator husband, it now works across all 50 states, contracts with hundreds of health plans including Medicaid, and has raised roughly $45.5 million to close the gap between the millions of kids who need speech therapy and the few who actually get it.

- **Founded:** 2019
- **Headquarters:** Austin, United States
- **Founders:** Leanne Sherred (Co-Founder, President & Chief Clinical Officer), Nicholas Barbara (Co-Founder & CEO), Spencer Magloff (Co-Founder), Ryan Hinojosa (Co-Founder)
- **Team size:** Approximately 260 employees (2024-2025)
- **Products:** Pediatric Speech Therapy, Adult Speech Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Care Platform & Home Programming
- **Notable:** Expanded to all 50 states with a virtual, family-centered speech therapy model., Raised roughly $45.5M across Seed, Series A, and a $26M Series B led by HarbourVest Partners., Reports over 90% of patients making clinical progress toward their care plans.

## Products & services

- **Pediatric Speech Therapy** — One-on-one virtual sessions with licensed SLPs for articulation and speech sound disorders, language delays, stuttering, apraxia, autism-related communication, and social communication.
- **Adult Speech Therapy** — Teletherapy for aphasia, stroke recovery, voice disorders, cognitive-communication, and accent modification - roughly a third of the client base.
- **Occupational Therapy** — Virtual OT services added to broaden the family-centered care model beyond speech.
- **Care Platform & Home Programming** — A technology layer with multimedia home programming, interactive weekly practice activities, progress tracking, and SMS/text support with the therapist between sessions.

## Achievements

- Expanded to all 50 states with a virtual, family-centered speech therapy model.
- Raised roughly $45.5M across Seed, Series A, and a $26M Series B led by HarbourVest Partners.
- Reports over 90% of patients making clinical progress toward their care plans.
- Built in-network relationships with hundreds of health plans, including Medicaid.
- Earned Joint Commission accreditation.
- Grew to roughly 260 employees, hiring SLPs as full-time W2 clinicians.

## Latest updates

- **2024-05** — Closed a $26M Series B led by HarbourVest Partners to expand the technology platform, hire more staff SLPs, and grow health-plan partnerships.
- **2024** — Signaled plans to apply AI to catalog common speech errors and reduce clinicians' administrative burden.
- **2023** — Broadened services to include occupational therapy alongside speech-language pathology.

## Links

- Website: https://www.expressable.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/expressable
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ExpressableHQ
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/expressablehq/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/expressable/

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Last updated: 2026-08-19