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Keep Company

Techstars '23

Dover, US · 7 known investors

Keep Company provides a platform and coaching programs for organizations to facilitate meaningful employee connections through mentoring, peer pods, and cohort-based coaching. The service targets corporate professionals and organizations seeking to address burnout and build resilient, collaborative teams.

Also known as Keep Co.

Founders & leadership

APAdrienne Prentice
Adrienne PrenticeCo-founder & CEO
CNClaudia Naim-Burt
Claudia Naim-BurtCo-founder & President

Investors · 7

Company profile

researched Aug 2026

Keep Company operates a software platform and set of programs that employers use to launch, scale and measure coaching and mentorship initiatives. The product supports four program formats: 1:1 and pod-based mentorship, cohort-based group coaching, one-on-one coaching engagements, and unstructured peer pods intended to build connection across distributed or newly merged teams. Programs are positioned across the employee lifecycle, from onboarding and caregiving through leadership development and succession.

The platform automates the administrative parts of program delivery: matching participants, scheduling and reminders, resource distribution, and reporting. Matching is described as proprietary, patent-protected "gathering" technology that weighs availability, role, seniority, goals, psychological safety, and diversity and safety considerations, and flags potential issues for manual adjustment. Between sessions, the product provides nudges and check-ins, peer shoutouts and AI-generated personalized commitment plans. Reporting includes pulse checks and live feedback, attendance and participation tracking, and post-program outcome measures such as engagement, retention and productivity. Customers can bring their own facilitators and curriculum or use Keep Company's programs and coaches, and the platform offers SSO, custom integrations, custom branding and custom reporting analytics. The company states the platform is SOC 2 Type II certified and GDPR compliant.

Customer-facing materials position the offering as a response to rising burnout, flat engagement and the loss of informal, in-office mentoring, and as complementary to organizations' adoption of AI and new technology by rebuilding the "human layer" of work.

Founding story

The company was co-founded by Adrienne Prentice, a former partner-track lawyer, and Claudia Naim-Burt, a brand executive from venture-backed startups. Both cite firsthand experience of demanding professional roles alongside caregiving responsibilities and repeatedly hearing peers say they felt alone in it. Keep Company began by supporting working parents and caregivers with group experiences among similar peers, then broadened as it became clear that professionals at every level were experiencing burnout and seeking connection.

Business model

Keep Company sells to employers rather than individuals; the company states that once an employer adopts Keep Company, participation comes at no cost to the employee. Two delivery modes are offered: a self-serve, configurable platform that internal teams use to run their own programs with their own coaches and content, and a full-service option in which Keep Company handles program design, facilitation with expert coaches, and ongoing employee support. Implementation includes configuration of matching criteria and communications cadence, with optional SSO, integrations, branding and analytics.

Employer-paid; the service is provided to employees at no cost once their organization contracts with Keep Company. Revenue derives from platform access for organizations running their own programs and from full-service program delivery that includes program design, facilitation and coaching.

Traction

Self-reported participant outcomes include 95% reporting greater belonging and connection, 89% reporting better physical and mental self-care, and 85% reporting acting with more confidence and intention; the website displays a 4.9/5.0 rating. The company says it powers coaching and mentoring programs for top-performing firms and cites testimonials from professional development leaders at Am Law 50 firms.

Latest developments

In July 2025, TEDCO announced a $500,000 investment through its Pre-Seed Builder Fund to support development of the coaching and mentoring platform. The company also promotes a Law360 op-ed by CEO Adrienne Prentice on how firm leaders can nurture AI fluency.

Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography

Market position

Keep Company positions itself as infrastructure for connection at work, contrasting its automated matching, scheduling and outcome measurement with manually run mentoring and coaching programs managed through spreadsheets, reminder emails and manual matching. It states that running such programs manually can consume up to one-third of a full-time employee's workload.

Differentiators cited by the company include patented matching technology that goes beyond demographic criteria, a closed-loop reporting model tying program delivery to outcome measurement, flexibility to run programs either self-serve or fully managed with Keep Company coaches and curriculum, and support for multiple program formats (mentorship, group coaching, 1:1 coaching, peer pods) on one platform.

Technology

Proprietary matching, or "gathering," technology protected by multiple patents that forms pairs and groups using factors including goals, role, seniority, availability, psychological safety, and diversity and safety criteria. Additional platform capabilities include automated scheduling and reminders, real-time engagement and outcomes dashboards, AI-generated personalized commitment plans, peer recognition features, and integrations with existing workplace tools. The platform is stated to be SOC 2 Type II certified and GDPR compliant.

Go-to-market

Direct enterprise sales driven by demo requests on the company website, supported by case studies, customer testimonials and thought-leadership placements such as a Law360 op-ed by CEO Adrienne Prentice on nurturing AI fluency at firms. The company also runs an employee referral mechanism inviting individual employees to refer their HR, talent or leadership teams, optionally anonymously.

Employers and professional services organizations, sold through HR, DEI, talent strategy and professional development leaders. Marketing emphasizes law firms, including references to professional development leaders at Am Law 50 firms. End users span the employee lifecycle, including new hires, caregivers and the sandwich generation, early-career professionals, partner-track attorneys, and senior executives.

Geography

United States; funding coverage lists the company in Bethesda, Maryland. The platform is stated to comply with GDPR requirements.

Compiled by commissioned research from 7 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
Participants reporting more belonging and connectionJan 202595%
Participants reporting they act with more confidence and intentionJan 202585%
Participants reporting they take better care of themselves mentally and physicalJan 202589%
Program ratingJan 20254.9 / 5.0

Company-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.

Competitors · 2

by search overlap

Companies competing with Keep Company for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.

Timeline · 1

launches, deals, and filings
Jul 2025
TEDCO invests $500,000 through Pre-Seed Builder Fund

TEDCO announced a $500,000 investment in Keep Company from its Pre-Seed Builder Fund to further develop the company's coaching and mentoring platform for employee retention, engagement and burnout prevention.

$500K source ↗

Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.

Research sources · 7

primary sources listed

7 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.

Frequently asked questions

What does Keep Company do?
Keep Company is a workplace platform for running and measuring mentoring, group coaching and peer-pod programs.
Who founded Keep Company?
Keep Company was founded by Adrienne Prentice, Claudia Naim-Burt.
Who are Keep Company's investors?
Keep Company's investors include 100Km Ventures Llc, Maryland TEDCO, Pixel Perfect Ventures, Purple Sage Ventures, Techstars, TEDCO, Very Serious Ventures.
Where is Keep Company headquartered?
Keep Company is headquartered in Dover, US.