Daybreak Health

The first digital mental health system for youth

daybreakhealth.com

HQ: San Francisco, CA, USA; Remote

11-50

Healthcare

Company research

Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals

Updated Aug 16, 2026

Overview

Daybreak Health is a school-based mental health provider that partners with K-12 districts and schools to deliver personalized teletherapy and related mental health support for students and families, with an emphasis on equitable, culturally competent care.

Primary product

School-based teletherapy and student mental health support for K-12 districts

Founded

2019

Headquarters

Remote, US

Team size

51-200

Work style

Remote

Industry

Mental Health Care

Sub-industry

School-based mental health / youth teletherapy / K-12 behavioral health

Offices

San Francisco

Business model

B2B

B2B2C

services

Funding

Stage

Series B

Total raised

$24.9M

Latest round

Series B · Aug 2023

Latest amount

$13M

Series B

Aug 2023 · Union Square Ventures

$13M

Series A

Mar 2022 · Lightspeed Venture Partners

$10M

Seed

Feb 2021 · Maven Ventures

$1.8M

People & investors

Leadership

Alex Alvarado

CEO

Christopher Morris

Chief Executive Officer

Devika Bhushan, MD

Chief Medical Officer

Christine Cauwels

Clinical Director

Tracy DiSantis

VP, Client Success and Operations

Nathan Hassan

Vice President of Engineering

Christine Krisch

Chief Nursing Officer

Marc Cohen

Business Development & Strategic Planning Partner

Matthew Powers

Vice President - Finance

Tracy A. Spinner

Vice President of Partnership Growth

Daisy Leahy

Director of Partnerships (West)

Monica Knott

Director of Partnerships (East)

Founders

Luke Mercado

Co-Founder

Siddarth Cidambi

Co-Founder

Investors

Lightspeed Venture Partners

Lux Capital

Maven Ventures

Moxxie Ventures

SignalRank Corporation

Signalytic Ventures

Union Square Ventures

Y Combinator

Work & culture

Public-facing materials emphasize mission-driven, student-centered care, culturally competent matching, and rapid access to therapy. Job postings suggest flexibility and a distributed team.

Work style

Remote

Compensation

Public job listings show some contract therapist roles advertised at $75-$115/hr and $75-$90/session, suggesting market-rate clinician contracting compensation; broader compensation structure is not publicly disclosed.

Benefits

Remote roles

Flexible hours for some therapist roles

Free supervision for some licensed roles

Product & market

Pricing

Primarily district-paid and/or insurer-billed school mental health services; some services are offered at no cost to families, and Daybreak states it bills insurance where applicable (including Medi-Cal).

Differentiators

—School-district partnerships and implementation playbooks
—No-cost-to-family model in many markets
—Culturally competent clinician matching
—Live intake within 48 hours
—Teletherapy plus onsite programs
—Integration with Medi-Cal and district workflows

Technology

Google Analytics

Google Ads

HubSpot

Salesforce

Amplitude

Segment

Looker

Fivetran

dbt

Python

React

Ruby on Rails

GraphQL

Redis

PostgreSQL

Netlify

Storybook

Slack

Zoom

Gmail

Customers

K-12 school districts

County education agencies

Students and families

California Medi-Cal eligible families

Competitors

Maro

Marble Health

SchoolPulse

NeuroFlow

Bespoke school-based teletherapy providers

Scale & contact

Estimated revenue

~$1M-$5M annual revenue (third-party estimate; Exa shows ~$2.2M annual revenue on company profile)

Estimated monthly visits

8.4K

Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026

Signals & risks

Other

May 2024

Expanded California Medi-Cal partnership and statewide rollout indicate scaling and operational execution, but also imply dependence on public reimbursement and district adoption.

Source

Other

May 2024

Added a Chief Medical Officer, which usually signals growth and/or clinical governance expansion rather than distress.

Source

Latest news

Public Health Leader and Mental Health Activist Dr. Devika Bhushan, MD, to Serve as the Chief Medical Officer at Daybreak Health

Daybreak Health · May 2024

Named Devika Bhushan as CMO; outlined her prior role as California Acting Surgeon General and her health equity background.

LA County’s Keppel Union School District Sees Early Success with Daybreak Health’s New Teletherapy Program

Daybreak Health · May 2024

Described rapid rollout, no-cost teletherapy, and district adoption metrics.

Daybreak Health Officially Announces Medi-Cal Partnership

Daybreak Health · May 2024

Announced statewide Medi-Cal partnership in California and coverage across 55+ districts/counties and ~1.5M students.

District 47 Partners with Daybreak Health to Expand Mental Health Services for K-8 Students

Daybreak Health · Apr 2024

Announced K-8 teletherapy access, grant-funded rollout, and early outcomes data cited by the district.

Chatham County Schools Partners with Daybreak Health to Expand School-Based Mental Health Services for all K-12 Students

Daybreak Health · Mar 2024

Significant district expansion: Chatham County Schools partnered with Daybreak to provide access to evidence-based teletherapy for all K-12 students.

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Jobs and careers at Daybreak Health

27 jobs at Daybreak Health

Remote Mental Health Therapist – LCSW/LPCC/LMFT/LP (1099, California)

Remote

Clinical

California (Remote)

Today

Remote

Full-time