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.
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.
Opya is a California-based early intervention therapy provider specializing in comprehensive, multidisciplinary care for children aged 18 months to 6 years diagnosed with autism. The company delivers Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), speech therapy, occupational therapy, and feeding therapy through in-home, clinic-based, and telehealth models across Northern and Southern California. Backed by $34.7M in total funding including a $15.4M Series A in 2021 from investors including SoftBank's SB Opportunity Fund, Opya is one of only eight ABA providers in California to hold BHCOE (Behavioral Health Center of Excellence) accreditation. In 2024, the company expanded into center-based care through the acquisition of Center for Autism Spectrum Therapy (CAST) and began operating under the Spectrum Pride brand.
Ricardo C. Berrios is the Co-Founder and CEO of Adhera Health, a Santa Cruz-based digital health company building AI-powered companion platforms for families managing pediatric chronic conditions. With 25+ years across technology, healthcare, and venture management, he is converging behavioral science, personalized AI, and clinical research to extend pediatric care beyond the clinic walls - helping families of children with Type 1 diabetes, growth hormone disorders, and other chronic conditions build healthier routines and maintain treatment adherence.