Our Mission

Life-changing mental
health care, no matter
where you are

Our Story

Brightside was born off a single truth:
The right treatment changes everything.

After watching our family members struggle to get quality mental health care that worked, we couldn’t settle for less. No more trial-and-error medication, no more “let’s wait and see,” and certainly, no more talk therapy without a plan.

So, we did it better. Rather, we built it better.

Our Vision

Mental health care, down to a science, delivered with humanity.

Our Method

Precision treatment, tailored to the individual

At Brightside, we’re creating precision treatment at scale. Our care is rooted in evidence and personalized, so every individual can get the right treatment the first time.

Personalized Psychiatry
Clinically-Proven Therapy
Suicide Prevention Program

OUR GUIDING BELIEF

Technology enhances care

As a fully remote team, we’ve never seen technology as a limitation. We’re empowered by it. Our tech-enabled care breaks down barriers, powers precision treatment, and tracks progress along the way—surpassing traditional care quality.

48 hours

fast access to appointments

100 personal data points

analyzed for precision treatment

30+ average touchpoints

Video sessions, messages, check-ins in first 12 weeks

75% of patients achieved remission within 12 weeks

The Brightside platform and all supporting infrastructure has earned Certified status for information security by HITRUST and is HIPAA compliant.

OUR NATIONAL PROVIDER NETWORK

World-class providers, deeply personal care

Thanks to data and support tools, our expert providers have more time to focus on what matters: helping members get better with 1:1 care.

Join our clinician network

FOR BRIGHTER DAYS

Our path to building the care we wish our family members had

NOV 2017
Founded Brightside Health. Our first member accessed Personalized Psychiatry.
FEB 2021
Launched Clinically-Proven Therapy, integrating the evidence-based Unified Protocol.
FEB 2021
Completed our Series A funding round of $17M.
JUN 2021
Partnered with Cigna & Aetna health plans (adding 55M covered lives).
NOV 2021
Completed our Series B funding round of $50M.
JUN 2022
We partnered with UnitedHealthcare (pushing covered lives to 65M).
NOV 2022
Achieved HITRUST certification for top-notch security standards.
DEC 2022
Launched Suicide Prevention Program, previously known as Crisis Care Program, a first-of-its-kind program for individuals with elevated suicide risk is based on the Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS) framework—a care model that’s backed by 30 years of research.
OCT 2023
Announced Medicare & Medicaid partnerships. Brightside will be available to over 100 million covered lives.

OUR LEADERSHIP

Meet our founders

“I’ve lived my entire life with a close family member who had depression. Now that I have kids of my own, it’s important to me to help individuals and families overcome it.”

Brad Kittredge

Chief Executive Officer & Founder

OUR LEADERSHIP

“I’ve had the satisfaction of seeing people with difficult depression get better with the right treatment. I want to make sure everyone has that chance.”

Mimi Winsberg, MD

Chief Medical Officer & Founder

OUR LEADERSHIP

“The primary defining moment of my life was losing a close family member to depression. I’m grateful and optimistic that my work here can make a difference.”

Jeremy Barth

Principal AI Engineer & Founder

Our Executive Team

Brad Kittredge
Chief Executive Officer & Founder
Mimi Winsberg, MD
Chief Medical Officer & Founder
Jeremy Barth
Principal AI Engineer & Founder
Julia Bernstein
Chief Operating Officer
Chris Murray
Chief Financial Officer
Matt Mohebbi
Chief Technical Officer
Mark Hayes
Vice President of Product
Hans Nelsen
Chief Data Officer
Kat Noren
Senior Vice President of People

Board of Directors

Aike Ho
Board Member,
Partner at ACME
Eric Wiesen
Board Member, General Partner at Bullpen Capital
Jeff Margolis
Board Member, Former CEO of Welltok & TriZetto
Trip Hofer
CEO of Redox, Former CEO of Optum Behavioral & AbleTo
Evan Jones
Former CEO of Opgen & Digene, Board Member of Foundation Medicine & Veracyte

Advisors to Brightside

The Honorable
David J. Shulkin
Former Secretary of the VA
David Barlow
Creator of the
Unified Protocol

THE BRIGHTSIDE DIFFERENCE

Better care means proven outcomes

We’ve developed a new standard of mental health care, one that demands proven efficacy. And we continually put our care to the test in peer-reviewed studies.