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No Fear Counselling Turned the Hardest Part of Therapy Into Its Business
The Burnaby practice did not invent a new kind of therapy. It made the old kind easier to enter - then used a sprawling therapist network, low-cost training pipeline and two mergers to turn access into the product.
Brave Health Bet on the Patients Telehealth Forgot - Then Had to Make the Math Work
Most virtual-therapy companies chased easy-to-reach customers. Brave Health built for Medicaid members, where the hard part is not launching a video call - it is finding patients, accepting their insurance and keeping care financially sustainable.
MindFi
MindFi is a Singapore-based corporate mental health platform that helps global employers care for their people. Through a single app it offers on-demand therapy and coaching, 24/7 text and chat support, guided self-care programs, and community support, matching employees to culturally relevant, multilingual providers. Founded in 2017 and a Y Combinator Summer 2021 company, MindFi positions itself as an APAC-first alternative to Western employee-assistance programs, blending clinical care with wellbeing analytics for HR teams.
Headway
Headway is a New York-based healthtech company building a software-enabled network that makes it easier to find a therapist and to pay for one with insurance. Its three-sided marketplace connects patients, mental health clinicians, and insurance plans: patients search for in-network providers with transparent copays, clinicians offload credentialing, billing, scheduling, and claims to Headway, and insurers gain a larger accessible network. Founded in 2019 by Andrew Adams and co-founders, Headway operates in all 50 states with roughly 34,000 clinicians and, after a $100M Series D in 2024, is valued at about $2.3 billion.
Grow Therapy
Grow Therapy is a behavioral health company that makes therapy and psychiatry easier to start, covered by insurance, and sustainable for the clinicians who deliver it. It runs a national marketplace and full-stack practice platform that handles credentialing, insurance billing, scheduling, and EHR tooling so independent therapists can build in-network private practices, and so patients can find a provider who takes their insurance for an average copay of about $21. Founded in 2020, the company reached roughly $1 billion in revenue and a $3 billion valuation in 2026.
Modern Health
Modern Health is a global mental wellness platform built for employers. It blends self-guided digital tools, behavioral health coaching, licensed therapy, and crisis support into one app, with care delivered in 50+ languages across more than 200 countries.