Workit Health is an Ann Arbor, Mich.-based virtual substance use disorder treatment company led by Co-CEOs Lisa McLaughlin and Robin McIntosh. It offers licensed clinical support for substance use disorder and co‑occurring conditions in ten states and a nationwide coaching and counseling program. The program includes telemedicine visits, medication e‑prescribed to local pharmacies, online recovery groups, an interactive therapeutic curriculum, and direct messaging with a care team. In 2021 Workit expanded offerings to include primary care for conditions like hepatitis C and PrEP, and psychiatric care for depression, anxiety, insomnia, and ADHD. Its clinical and counseling programs are covered by insurance for over 93 million lives. The company plans to use new funding to accelerate growth into new markets and to expand its primary and psychiatric care offerings. Workit Health provides web and phone apps that combine evidence-based therapy with medication management delivered by a clinical care team. The company offers personalized, nonjudgmental programs accessible to people at all stages of addiction recovery and provides medically-assisted treatment in five states with therapy available nationwide. Led by co‑founders and co‑CEOs Robin McIntosh and Lisa McLaughlin, Workit has expanded rapidly since 2015 and now has over 150 employees. Financially, the company completed a $12M Series B to support continued growth. The proceeds are intended to expand operations and broaden the company’s business reach. Core product focus remains virtual delivery of substance use disorder treatment to individuals, employers, and healthcare organizations. Workit Health provides telehealth addiction treatment and evidence-backed care to individuals, healthcare organizations, and employers. Its Clinic program offers low-barrier buprenorphine treatment via telehealth after a single in-person visit; members follow up via video, can message a recovery coach 24/7, and work through a personalized curriculum. The company maintains an interactive curriculum of over 1,000 online courses. Workit’s Clinic launched in Michigan in 2017 and in California in 2018, and is one of the few providers of telehealth medication for opioid use disorder. Founded in 2015 by Lisa McLaughlin and Robin McIntosh and based in Ann Arbor, MI and Lafayette, CA, the company plans to expand into additional states and use the new funding to expand its programs nationwide. The Series A amount was undisclosed. Workit Health offers a 90-day digital program combining one-on-one support from professionally-certified counselors with interactive, customized digital content for people overcoming addictive behaviors. The program’s curriculum is grounded in evidence-based therapies including Motivational Interviewing (MI), Relapse Prevention Therapy (RPT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Brief Interventions (BI). Its interactive curriculum continually adapts to each individual’s evolving needs and feedback. Workit operates as a remote/digital treatment program with an emphasis on counselor-led support integrated into the product experience. The company is co-founded by Lisa McLaughlin and Robin McIntosh and is based in Oakland, CA and Ann Arbor, MI. Workit is participating in the Healthbox Studio in Los Angeles, is an alumnus of the Seamless Internet of Things Accelerator in Grand Rapids, and was previously a tenant of the Ann Arbor SPARK incubator; it was the IT Sector Winner in the 2015 Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition. The company recently raised seed financing to support its growth.

Total raised

$131M

Funding rounds

4

Latest round

Series C

Latest activity

Oct 2021