What InStride Health does

InStride Health is a Boston-based, venture-backed virtual care provider that delivers evidence-based treatment for moderate-to-severe anxiety, OCD, and related disorders in children, teens, and young adults ages 7-24. The core offering is a 4-8 month outpatient program built on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) with emphasis on exposure and response prevention (ERP) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), delivered by a coordinated three-person care team (licensed therapist, exposure coach, and psychiatrist) via video, text, and phone. A distinguishing element is the in-vivo exposure practice model, in which coaches work with patients in real-world settings (home, school, stores) rather than limiting care to video sessions.

The company generates revenue primarily through insurance reimbursement as an in-network provider with major commercial payers including Aetna, Anthem/Blue Cross Blue Shield, Optum, UnitedHealthcare, Harvard Pilgrim, and Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey; it does not currently accept Medicaid. Patients access care through a self-serve online application with free 15-minute consultation and evaluation, and the company supplements direct-to-consumer acquisition with healthcare provider referrals and school partnerships. Technology infrastructure includes a virtual care platform and an AI scribe for clinical documentation developed in collaboration with The Wharton School's Health Care Management Department. Founded in October 2022 by Drs. Mona Potter and Kathryn Boger (clinicians from Mass General Brigham and McLean Hospital), InStride has served roughly 5,000 patients across 17 states and has raised $86 million across seed, Series B, and Series C rounds.

Name

InStride Health

Legal name

InStride Health, Inc.

Website

https://instride.health

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

InStride Health is a Boston-based virtual specialty provider delivering a 4-8 month evidence-based CBT program for anxiety, OCD, and related disorders in children, teens, and young adults ages 7-24, reimbursed primarily through major commercial insurance networks across 17 states.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Boston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Insurance-Based Virtual Care Services: InStride generates revenue through insurance reimbursement for virtual mental health treatment services. The company is in-network with major commercial insurers including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Optum, UnitedHealthcare, Harvard Pilgrim, and Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey. Services include therapy, coaching, medication management, and exposure practice. The company does not currently accept Medicaid.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

InStride Health delivers a virtual, evidence-based specialty care program lasting 4–8 months for children, teens, and young adults ages 7–24 with anxiety, OCD, and related disorders. Each patient is supported by a coordinated three-person care team (licensed therapist, exposure coach, psychiatrist) delivering CBT with ERP and ACT via video, text, and phone, with real-world exposure practice. Services are billed primarily through in-network commercial insurance reimbursement across 17 U.S. states.

Product overview

InStride Health operates as a virtual-first specialty pediatric mental health provider offering a unified 4-8 month treatment program for anxiety, OCD, and related disorders in young people ages 7-24. The core offering is a coordinated care model featuring a 3-person team (therapist, exposure coach, psychiatrist) delivering evidence-based cognitive behavioral therapy with emphasis on exposure and response prevention. Treatment includes individual therapy, exposure practice in real-world settings, psychiatric medication management, group sessions, and parent/caregiver coaching. The program covers specific conditions including Generalized Anxiety Disorder, OCD, School Refusal, Emetophobia, Health Anxiety, Separation Anxiety, Social Anxiety, Panic Attacks, and ARFID. Services are delivered virtually with in-network insurance acceptance across 17 states.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• InStride Health Virtual Care Program A 4-8 month virtual specialty care program for children, teens, and young adults ages 7-24 with anxiety, OCD, and related disorders (including GAD, school refusal, emetophobia, health anxiety, separation anxiety, social anxiety, panic attacks, and ARFID). Each patient is supported by a coordinated three-person care team — licensed therapist, exposure coach, and psychiatrist — delivering evidence-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) with exposure and response prevention (ERP) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) via video, text, and phone, with real-world exposure practice and family involvement.

Quantifiable outcome

• 97% of graduates experience overall clinical improvement
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• The Wharton School, University of PennsylvaniacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 January 2026Collaborated with The Wharton School's Health Care Management Department on a case study demonstrating InStride's AI scribe implementation. The study showed 88% of evaluators saved 30+ minutes daily on documentation. The collaboration highlights a governance-driven approach to responsible AI adoption in healthcare.
• McLean HospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 October 2022InStride Health was co-founded by Mass General Brigham clinicians with support from McLean Hospital, a Harvard-affiliated psychiatric hospital. InStride's treatment approach is grounded in clinical expertise developed at McLean Hospital.
• AetnacoreOthersIn-network insurance provider. InStride accepts Aetna health insurance plans for covered treatment services.
• Blue Cross Blue Shield (Anthem)coreOthersIn-network insurance provider. InStride accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield/Anthem health insurance plans for covered treatment services.
• OptumcoreOthersIn-network insurance provider. InStride accepts Optum health insurance plans for covered treatment services.
• UnitedHealthcarecoreOthersIn-network insurance provider. InStride accepts UnitedHealthcare health insurance plans for covered treatment services.
• Harvard PilgrimcoreOthersIn-network insurance provider. InStride accepts Harvard Pilgrim health insurance plans for covered treatment services.
• Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New JerseycoreOthersIn-network insurance provider for New Jersey operations. InStride accepts Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of NJ health insurance plans for covered treatment services.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Brightside Health: Brightside Health is a telehealth platform focused on anxiety and depression treatment using evidence-based protocols and measurement-based care. Comparable to InStride's outcomes-driven, anxiety-focused virtual care model.
• Two Chairs: Two Chairs operates an in-person and virtual therapy practice with a measurement-based, outcomes-tracked model. Comparable to InStride in evidence-based care and outcomes reporting, though broader in condition scope.
• Charlie Health: Charlie Health provides virtual intensive outpatient mental health treatment primarily for adolescents and young adults. Highly comparable to InStride in target demographic (teens/young adults), virtual delivery model, and outcomes-driven specialty approach.
• Cerebral: Cerebral is a virtual mental health platform offering therapy and medication management for anxiety, depression, and ADHD. While broader in scope, it competes with InStride for online mental health patients and in-network payer contracts.

Broad incumbents

• Spring Health: Spring Health is a global mental health benefit platform serving employers and health plans with therapy, coaching, and psychiatry across all ages. Comparable in insurance/employer contracting and virtual delivery, but not pediatric-specialized.
• Lyra Health: Lyra Health is one of the largest employer-sponsored mental health benefits platforms, offering therapy, coaching, and psychiatry. It overlaps with InStride in virtual therapy delivery but is broader in age range and employer-led in distribution.
• Talkspace: Talkspace is a publicly-traded online therapy platform connecting users with licensed therapists via text, audio, and video. Comparable in virtual therapy delivery but broader and more marketplace-oriented than InStride's specialty pediatric model.
• Included Health (formerly Doctor On Demand): Included Health offers virtual primary care, behavioral health, and specialty care via employer and health plan contracts. Overlaps with InStride in virtual behavioral health delivery and payer relationships but at much greater scale and broader scope.

Emerging players

• Joon Care: Joon Care provides virtual therapy specifically for teens and young adults (ages 13-24), with in-network insurance coverage. Comparable target demographic and virtual delivery to InStride, though smaller scale and less specialized in anxiety/OCD.
• NOCD: NOCD is a virtual OCD treatment platform using exposure and response prevention therapy. Highly comparable clinical modality to InStride's OCD focus, though broader in age range and without the integrated 3-person care team model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/instride-health

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors7 records

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M&A

Investments

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