# Keep Company

> Keep Company is a Bethesda, Maryland based B2B platform that helps employers build meaningful human connection at work through cohort-based group coaching, 1:1 coaching, mentoring, and peer pods. Founded in 2022 by a former partner-track lawyer and a startup brand executive, it began by tackling burnout and attrition among working parents and caregivers - a group that can make up the majority of a workforce - and has since grown into a broader platform for connection and engagement across the employee lifecycle, backed by patented matching technology and a behavioral-science curriculum.

- **Founded:** 2022
- **Headquarters:** Bethesda, Maryland, United States
- **Founders:** Adrienne Belyea Prentice (Co-Founder & CEO), Claudia Naim-Burt (Co-Founder & COO/President)
- **Team size:** ~33 employees
- **Products:** Group Coaching, 1:1 Coaching, Peer Pods, Mentoring, Care Census
- **Notable:** Raised $1.4M seed round in April 2024 (total funding reported around $2.2M-$3.1M)., Reports members resign at rates roughly 5x lower than the industry average., 94% of participants report improved connection and belonging.

## Products & services

- **Group Coaching** — Cohort-based, behavioral-science-backed group coaching led by certified coaches, delivered over multi-week programs with a year of dedicated support for the many seasons of an employee's work and life.
- **1:1 Coaching** — One-on-one coaching engagements with admin-free management, automated scheduling and reporting that increases impact and surfaces meaningful insights.
- **Peer Pods** — Unstructured, peer-matched groups that drive connection across distributed, remote or newly merged teams.
- **Mentoring** — 1:1 and pod-based mentoring experiences powered by a patented smart-matching algorithm for high-compatibility pairings.
- **Care Census** — A tool that lets employers anonymously quantify how many working parents and caregivers are on staff, enabling targeted support and measurable programs.
- **Platform & Reporting** — Smart matching, automated scheduling and reminders, and real-time engagement dashboards that let organizations run many programs at scale without adding administrative workload.

## Achievements

- Raised $1.4M seed round in April 2024 (total funding reported around $2.2M-$3.1M).
- Reports members resign at rates roughly 5x lower than the industry average.
- 94% of participants report improved connection and belonging.
- 87% of coaching groups continue meeting after the formal program ends.
- 4.9/5.0 participant rating.
- Recruited Zvi Band (founder of Contactually, acquired by Compass) as CTO.
- Published a national caregiving report with NAMI in 2025.
- Holds patented matching / data-gathering technology.

## Latest updates

- **2025-07** — Reported additional seed capital (~$500K) raised as of July 2025.
- **2025-01** — Published a national caregiving report in partnership with NAMI.
- **2024-04** — Closed $1.4M seed round and hired Zvi Band as CTO; launched Care Census and additional products.
- **2022-01** — Founded in Bethesda, MD by Adrienne Prentice and Claudia Naim-Burt following pilot programs at global law firms.

## Links

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

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Last updated: 2026-08-04