# Jake Cooper

> Jake Cooper is the CEO and co-founder of Grow Therapy, a New York based company building the infrastructure that lets therapists and psychiatric providers run insurance-covered private practices. Since 2020 he has grown it into a national network spanning 125+ insurers and tens of thousands of providers, raising $388 million to date, including a $150 million Series D in 2026. A former Blackstone and Apollo private equity investor and summa cum laude Duke graduate, Cooper is focused on making mental health care easier to find, afford, and stick with.

- **Role:** CEO & Co-Founder at Grow Therapy
- **Organizations:** Grow Therapy, Blackstone, Apollo Global Management, Duke University
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S. in Economics, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Duke University
- **Known for:** Co-founded and scaled Grow Therapy to a national mental health platform since 2020, Raised $388 million in total venture funding across Series A through D, Grew coverage to 125+ health insurers, reaching roughly 220 million insured Americans

## Career timeline

- **Pre-2016** — Founded Maid My Day, a student cleaning service at Duke University, his first business
- **2016-2020** — Worked as a private equity investor at Blackstone and Apollo Global Management
- **2020** — Co-founded Grow Therapy with Duke friends Manoj Kanagaraj and Alan Ni
- **2021** — Grow Therapy raised a $15M Series A led by SignalFire
- **2022** — Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 in Healthcare; Grow raised a $75M Series B
- **2023** — Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 in Healthcare a second time
- **2024** — Grow Therapy raised an $88M Series C and launched measurement-informed care; Sequoia backed the company
- **2026** — Grow Therapy raised a $150M Series D led by TCV and Goldman Sachs Alternatives, total funding reaching $388M

## Achievements

- Co-founded and scaled Grow Therapy to a national mental health platform since 2020
- Raised $388 million in total venture funding across Series A through D
- Grew coverage to 125+ health insurers, reaching roughly 220 million insured Americans
- Oversaw more than 10 million lifetime therapy and medication-management visits
- Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 in Healthcare in both 2022 and 2023
- Graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Duke University
- Built one of Florida's largest behavioral health provider groups in Grow's early days

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Grow Therapy closed a $150M Series D led by TCV and Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, with BCI and Menlo Ventures joining and Sequoia, SignalFire and Transformation Capital returning.
- **2026-03** — The company reported 10 million lifetime visits (7 million in 2025 alone) and expansion into employer EAP and health-system referral channels.

## Links

- Website: https://growtherapy.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jake-l-cooper/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/GrowTherapy_
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/joingrowtherapy/

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Last updated: 2026-07-16