Andrew Adams

Founder & CEO

6 stories by Andrew Adams

Headway is one of Fast Company's Best Workplaces for Innovators: what it recognizes, and how we got here

Fast Company named Headway one of its Best Workplaces for Innovators. What got us there is the way we operate. We give people real ownership over their work, and we build the systems that move good ideas to real customer impact.

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Andrew Adams · Sep 8, 2026

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