# Keith Putnam-Delaney

> Keith Putnam-Delaney is the co-founder and CEO of Primer, a San Francisco B2B marketing intelligence platform that turns work-email lists into ad-platform audiences, enriches leads, and orchestrates campaigns across ad networks, social, and sales tools. A former high-school history teacher who became a growth marketer at Dropbox and Eden before founding Primer, he built the company from a consulting hunch into a venture-backed startup that raised a $12M Series A in 2022.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Primer
- **Organizations:** Primer, Eden, Dropbox, Stack Sports, Bungalow
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** BA, International Relations and Theory, Brown University, Studies, Sciences Po
- **Known for:** Co-founded Primer, an intelligence layer for B2B marketing backed by investors including Salesforce Ventures, Helped drive Eden's revenue from roughly $30K to about $20M in two years while leading growth, Built Primer's MVP to approximately $1M in revenue within nine months

## Career timeline

- **early career** — Worked as a high school history teacher before moving into marketing
- **early career** — Brand and marketing strategy work for large companies
- **2014-2016** — Marketing lead at Dropbox, helping build out the Dropbox for Business marketing team
- **2016-2018** — Head of Growth at Eden, running sales and marketing during hyper-growth
- **after Eden** — Advisor to Stack Sports and Bungalow; consulting work that revealed a recurring data/audience pattern
- **~2019-2020** — Co-founded Primer with Juan Vasquez (CTO); built MVP that reached ~$1M revenue in nine months
- **2022-11** — Primer raised a $12M Series A

## Achievements

- Co-founded Primer, an intelligence layer for B2B marketing backed by investors including Salesforce Ventures
- Helped drive Eden's revenue from roughly $30K to about $20M in two years while leading growth
- Built Primer's MVP to approximately $1M in revenue within nine months
- Raised a $12M Series A for Primer in 2022
- Helped build out the Dropbox for Business marketing team during its growth phase

## Latest updates

- **2025-03** — Appeared on EIC's Click and Mortar podcast discussing Primer and B2B audience targeting
- **2023-03** — Featured on the Startup Success podcast discussing growth strategies in a turbulent market

## Links

- Website: https://sayprimer.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/keithputnamdelaney
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/sayprimer
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqEArL6O9bs
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063713777248

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Last updated: 2026-06-11