Andrew Adams

Founder & CEO

5 stories by Andrew Adams

Our refounding cultural principles: what are they, and why did we create them?

When Headway was founded, we were just five people in a room with an ambitious idea: to build a new mental healthcare system that everyone could access.

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Andrew Adams · Apr 22, 2025

I was patient number one. Now, Headway has served its 1 millionth

When I founded Headway, it wasn't as an entrepreneur with a business idea. It was as a patient who knew firsthand the struggle of navigating our broken mental health system.

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Andrew Adams · Nov 13, 2024

To help patients like me, we must put mental health care providers at the center

When I moved to New York City in 2015, I tried to find a new therapist. After spending hours calling through lists of providers, I failed — for the same reason that more than four in 10 U.S. adults…

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Andrew Adams · May 31, 2024

Series C announcement

Today, I'm excited to announce a significant step in our mission to build a new mental healthcare system that everyone can access. We've raised an additional $125 million in a Series C fundraising round…

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Andrew Adams · Oct 5, 2023

Introducing Headway

As part of moving to NYC in 2015, I tried to find a therapist and failed—failed for the same reason that the majority of the one in four Americans with a treatable mental health condition such as depression fail to find care.

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Andrew Adams · Nov 18, 2020