# Adrienne Prentice

> Adrienne Prentice is the co-founder and CEO of Keep Company, a Bethesda, Maryland group-learning platform that gathers employees into coach-led peer groups to fight isolation, prevent burnout, and keep parents and caregivers from quitting. A former technology attorney at Cooley and Pillsbury who built and led a 35-person global legal team at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, she traded the partner track to build the support system she wished she'd had as a working parent. Keep Company has raised roughly $2 million in venture funding and was named by Techstars and Melinda French Gates' Pivotal Ventures among the top ten companies innovating in the care economy.

- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO at Keep Company
- **Organizations:** Keep Company, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Hogan Lovells, Cooley, Pillsbury
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S., Cornell University, School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR), J.D., American University Washington College of Law
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Keep Company, a venture-backed group-learning platform, Named by Techstars and Pivotal Ventures (Melinda French Gates) among the top ten companies innovating in the care economy, Built and led a ~35-person global legal team at Hewlett Packard Enterprise across North and South America

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Technology attorney at top law firms including Cooley and Pillsbury, billing in six-minute increments
- **Mid career** — Recruited to Hewlett Packard Enterprise to build and lead a global team of ~35 attorneys across North and South America
- **Later** — Moved into talent management at law firm Hogan Lovells
- **Pre-founding** — Became a leadership coach for working parents and caregivers
- **2021-2022** — Co-founded Keep Company with Claudia Naim-Burt; serves as co-founder and CEO
- **2023** — Raised an $800,000 pre-seed round including TEDCO
- **2024** — Featured in Law.com's Women of Legal Tech series
- **2024-2025** — Raised additional funding (reported ~$1.4M from TEDCO, Idea Fund Partners, VEST Her Ventures, Pixel Perfect Ventures and others); launched three new products including a Care Census
- **2025** — Latest reported seed funding (~$500K), with total funding around $2-3.1M

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Keep Company, a venture-backed group-learning platform
- Named by Techstars and Pivotal Ventures (Melinda French Gates) among the top ten companies innovating in the care economy
- Built and led a ~35-person global legal team at Hewlett Packard Enterprise across North and South America
- Raised roughly $2 million in venture funding for Keep Company from TEDCO, Idea Fund Partners, VEST Her Ventures and others
- Featured in Law.com's Women of Legal Tech series (2024)
- Launched a Care Census product letting employers anonymously quantify staff at risk of burnout

## Latest updates

- **2025-07** — Keep Company reported its latest funding raise (seed).
- **2024-05** — Profiled in Law.com's Women of Legal Tech series on her move from attorney to founder.

## Links

- Website: https://keep-company.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/adrienneprentice
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/wearekeepco

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Last updated: 2026-06-25