Building a New Mental Healthcare System

​Andrew Adams is CEO and cofounder of Headway, a healthcare start-up dedicated to building a new mental healthcare system where everyone can access the quality care that’s right for them. Andrew started Headway after a challenging experience finding affordable therapy when he moved to New York. Since its 2019 launch, Headway has facilitated nearly 1.5 million in-network appointments annually across the US. Headway has raised over $100M from leading venture capital firms such as Andreessen Horowitz, GV, Thrive Capital, and Accel.

​Andrew has a background in product engineering within customer tech and graduated from Stanford with a BA in English and Minor in Computer Science, as well as a Masters in Management Science & Engineering.

​About Headway

​Headway is the nation’s largest network of therapists and psychiatrists who actively take insurance through its technology platform. The company was founded under the hypothesis that if we make it easy for providers to accept insurance, they will. Today, Headway has proven this to be true, with a network of more than 20,000 high-quality credentialed mental health providers across race, gender, ethnicity and specialty who deliver care through Headway. Patients can either schedule care within 48 hours via one-click booking, or can get care through a referral from the broader care ecosystem. Headway’s single proprietary tech platform enables measurement-based quality care and generates first-in-kind mental health insights, which enable value-based payments. The company currently operates in 17 states and the District of Columbia, and has received venture funding from top investors, including Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Accel, Thrive Capital, and GV (formerly Google Ventures).