Presence

Presence (operating at presencelearning.com, formerly PresenceLearning) is a market-leading teletherapy, digital assessment, and special education platform engineered for PreK-12 school districts. Founded in 2009 by Clay Whitehead and Jack Lynch and headquartered in New York, New York, Presence replaces rigid, in-person clinical staffing bottlenecks with a flexible, technology-enabled healthcare network. Under the hood, the company's proprietary software—anchored by its specialized teletherapy interface and digitized assessment library featuring key clinical partnerships like Pearson and Riverside Insights—delivers live, online speech-language therapy, occupational therapy, behavioral mental health counseling, and psychoeducational evaluation workflows directly to IEP students. Backed by over $400M in growth funding and majority-acquired by Spectrum Equity and TPG's The Rise Fund (alongside Bain Capital Double Impact and Catalyst Investors), Presence empowers over 10,000 schools and thousands of licensed clinicians to streamline special education compliance, reduce district caseload strains, and expand access to equitable student care.