Portages Health

What Portages Health does

Portages Health is a Minnesota-based, privately held digital behavioral healthcare company founded in 2018 (originally as Praestan Health) that delivers a technology-enabled continuum of care for stress, anxiety, depression, and substance abuse. The platform is built around a three-app architecture — a patient-facing self-care mobile app (iOS/Android), a primary care provider app, and a mental health practitioner app — unified by the proprietary "Portages Way" methodology and "Portages Digital Therapeutic." The therapeutic content integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Positive Psychology, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and habit formation into a structured framework of 12 Health Practices across four domains (Internal, Physical, External, Spiritual), with a self-assessment that adaptively personalizes the patient's Daily Journey.

The company operates Portages Digital Clinics that deliver a full continuum of services — a 12-week low-intensity Coaching Program, an 8-week Outpatient Group Program, a 4-week Intensive Outpatient Program, Individual Therapy, and Psychiatric Care — all delivered via telehealth and guided by the digital therapeutic. Revenue is generated through three streams: a $6/month consumer mobile app subscription (free for the first month and for patients enrolled via providers), insurance-billed telehealth clinical services across nine accepted Minnesota payers (BCBS MN, UnitedHealthcare, HealthPartners, UMR, UCare, Blue Plus, PrimeWest Health, America's PPO/HealthEZ, Minnesota Medicaid, Minnesota Medicare), and enterprise/B2B contracts with healthcare systems, schools, tribal nations, employers, and unions. The provider-facing apps are free, with revenue captured downstream through billable clinical encounters and care navigation.

Portages Health serves seven primary customer segments: individual patients, primary care clinics, OBGYN/women's health clinics, tribal nations, schools (K-12), colleges/universities, and employers/unions. Named enterprise customers include the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa, the Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council (12 member tribes), the Hinckley-Finlayson School District, iHealth Women's Health Clinics, and Stellis Health. The company is led by Founder/CEO/CMO Dr. L. Read Sulik and operates with 11-50 employees from Minneapolis, with a strategic emphasis on Indigenous health, school-based mental health, and integrated collaborative care with primary care providers.

Name

Portages Health

Legal name

Portages Health, LLC

Website

https://portages.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Portages Health is a Minnesota-based digital behavioral healthcare company founded in 2018 that delivers a proprietary mobile app, collaborative care platform, and telehealth clinical services for anxiety, depression, and substance abuse, serving patients, primary care/OBGYN clinics, tribal nations, schools, and employers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Behavioral Health

NAICS

Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (621420), Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians) (621330), Ambulatory Health Care Services (621)

SIC

Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093)

akta.pro primary industry

Integrated Behavioral Health (Collaborative Care) Platforms (HLALAEAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Behavioral Health & Neurocognitive Therapeutics (Digital) (HLACANAI), Behavioral & Mental Health Virtual Care (EAP/Teletherapy) (HLALADAB), Psychiatry & Medication Management Platforms (HLALAEAB)

Keywords

• Digital mental health
• Behavioral telehealth
• Digital therapeutics
• Mental health coaching
• Collaborative care platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Minneapolis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Telehealth Clinical Services: Portages Health provides telehealth clinical services including psychiatric care, therapy, mental health and wellbeing coaching, care navigation, and treatment programs (coaching, outpatient group, intensive outpatient, individual therapy). These services are billable and generate revenue through insurance reimbursement from accepted payers including Health Partners, BCBS of MN, United Healthcare, UMR, UCare, Blue Plus, PrimeWest Health, America's PPO/HealthEZ, Minnesota Medicaid, and Minnesota Medicare.
2. Portages Mobile App Subscription: Consumer subscription at $6/month after a free first month for individual consumers. Free for patients of Portages Health or those enrolled by healthcare providers/organizations.
3. Enterprise/B2B Contracts: Partnership agreements with employers, unions, tribal nations, schools, and healthcare organizations. Clinical services generate revenue through billing; tribal partnerships note contracts become profitable within 6 months with clinical services being billable and generating revenue for each Tribal Nation served.
4. Collaborative Care Platform Licensing: Free integrated suite of digital apps for primary care providers to identify, manage, and coordinate care. Revenue generated through downstream clinical service referrals and billable encounters rather than direct platform licensing fees.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Portages Health delivers tech-driven mental health care for anxiety, depression, and substance abuse through a proprietary digital therapeutic platform paired with telehealth clinical services. Patients access self-assessment, personalized self-care journeys, care navigation, and live treatment (coaching, group outpatient, intensive outpatient, individual therapy, psychiatric care) via a mobile app and audio/video visits, while primary care providers use a free companion app to enroll, monitor, and refer patients into the Portages practitioner network. The offering is sold both to individual consumers ($6/month after a free first month) and to enterprise customers such as clinics, schools, tribal nations, employers, and unions, with clinical revenue generated through insurance reimbursement.

Product overview

Portages Health is a behavioral healthcare company offering a unified digital therapeutic platform centered around the proprietary Portages technology ecosystem. The core offerings include the Portages Mobile App for patients, the Portages Healthcare Provider App for primary care providers, and the Portages Collaborative Care Platform. These integrate with the Portages Way (proprietary therapeutic approach), the Portages Digital Therapeutic (personalized behavior change program), and the Portages Self-Assessment tool. Treatment services include Coaching Program, Outpatient Group Program, Intensive Outpatient Program, Individual Therapy, and Psychiatric Care, all delivered through Portages Digital Clinics using telehealth technology.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Portages Mobile App Patient-facing mobile application (iOS and Android) that guides patients through personalized self-care mental health and wellbeing programs, including self-assessments, daily journeys, and connections to Portages Health practitioners via telehealth. Free first month for any user; always free for patients enrolled through Portages Health providers or partner organizations; $6/month thereafter.
• Portages Healthcare Provider App Free integrated digital app for primary care providers (PCPs and care managers) to enroll patients in the Portages app, monitor progress, and make seamless referrals to and collaborate with Portages Health practitioners.
• Portages Digital Clinics (telehealth) Virtual clinics providing expert teams of therapists, psychiatrists, coaches, and care navigators delivering a full continuum of specialized, time-limited programs for mental health or substance abuse using digital and telehealth technology.
• Coaching Program 12-week, one hour per week low-intensity skills-focused program using the Portages app and group telehealth sessions delivered by Portages Coaches.
• Outpatient Group Program 8-week, three hours per week moderate-intensity skills-focused program with separate mental health and substance abuse tracks providing clinically tailored services.
• Intensive Outpatient Program 4-week, 12 hours per week high-intensity skills-focused program with separate mental health and substance abuse tracks providing clinically tailored services.
• Individual Therapy Individual therapy sessions delivered by Portages Therapists incorporating the Portages app and providing clinically tailored services for mental health or substance abuse.
• Psychiatric Care Individualized psychiatric care services including psychiatric evaluations, psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy, care collaboration, and consultation with primary care and other health care providers.

Quantifiable outcome

• 74% of patients improved their health practices in the Internal World, Physical World, External World, or Spiritual World in Proof-of-Concept study of 125 patients
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles7 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Bois Forte Band of ChippewacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPortages Health provides comprehensive mental health services to Bois Forte tribal community members and employees. Services include psychiatric care, therapy, mental health coaching, community education, staff training, and program development. Teams serve at Vermilion Clinic, Nett Lake Clinic, and multiple schools. In less than 6 months, contracts become profitable with clinical services generating revenue for the tribal nation.
• iHealth Women's Health ClinicscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPortages Health works closely with iHealth Women's Health Clinics to ensure patients referred receive seamless access to behavioral healthcare. Referrals accepted from multiple partner clinics including Adefris & Toppin Women's Specialists, Associates in Women's Health, Diamond Women's Center, Gerten Urogynecology, Haugen OB/GYN, Maternal Fetal Consultants, OGI ObGyn & Infertility, and Obgyn Specialists.
• Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council (GLITC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPortages Health is working together with GLITC and all 12 Tribal Nation Members to design and develop the Adolescent Recovery and Wellness (ARWC) Center, a 36-bed state-of-the-art culturally responsive treatment program for Native American youth ages 13-17 suffering from Substance Use Disorder and co-occurring mental health conditions. The ARWC will serve youth from across Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
• Hinckley-Finlayson School DistrictcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPortages Mental Health and Wellbeing Coaches, Mental Health Therapists, and Psychiatry Providers serve the mental health and wellbeing needs of students in Elementary, Junior High and Senior High Schools. In 2025, Portages is expanding outreach into schools across Minnesota.
• Stellis HealthminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerErica Hertzog, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, sees clients via telehealth who are referred from Stellis Health as well as individuals referred to Portages Health from the broader Minnesota community.
• GLITC Member Tribes (12 Tribal Nations)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPortages Health is working together with each of the 12 GLITC member tribes including Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Forest County Potawatomi Community, Ho-Chunk Nation, Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, Oneida Nation, Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin, Sokaogon Chippewa Community, and Stockbridge-Munsee Community to develop the ARWC program.
• KARA (Kids at Risk Action)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMichael Tikkanen, President and Executive Director of KARA (Kids at Risk Action) has launched a program offering the Portages mobile app and Portages Coaching to youth at risk.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Alma: Network and platform for mental health practitioners, enabling insurance-friendly tele-mental-health practice. Comparable on the practitioner-side platform and provider matching approach.
• Woebot Health: Digital therapeutic chatbot platform for behavioral health, including adolescent mental health solutions. Comparable on the proprietary digital therapeutic / self-guided DTx angle.
• Big Health: Digital therapeutics for mental health (insomnia, anxiety) sold via employer and payer channels. Comparable on the DTx-for-behavioral-health and employer/payer distribution model.

Direct peers

• Lyra Health: Enterprise mental health platform delivering therapy, coaching, and medication management to employees of large organizations. Comparable on telehealth mental health delivery and employer/enterprise GTM.
• Spring Health: Employer-focused digital mental health benefit provider combining teletherapy, coaching, and medication management with a measurement-based care platform. Direct overlap on payer/enterprise B2B motion.
• Cerebral: Telehealth mental health provider focused on anxiety, depression, ADHD, and substance use with medication management. Comparable on teletherapy plus psychiatry and integrated clinical programs.
• Modern Health: Global mental health platform for employers offering therapy, coaching, and digital self-guided programs. Comparable product suite (teletherapy + self-care app) and employer-sponsored GTM.
• Talkspace: Public telehealth therapy and psychiatry platform serving consumers, enterprises, and payers. Direct overlap on telehealth mental health delivery and subscription revenue model.
• Quartet Health: Collaborative care platform connecting primary care providers with mental health services and patient referral tools. Directly comparable on Portages' collaborative-care model linking PCPs with behavioral health practitioners.
• Headspace Health: Combined mental health platform after the Ginger-Headspace merger, offering therapy, coaching, and self-guided content to consumers and employers. Comparable integrated digital therapeutic + telehealth offering.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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