Menlo Times · Jul 2025
Independent coverage of the seed round and the founding team, framing Keye as a private-equity diligence product built by former investors.
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Keye is a YC F24, New York-based AI platform for private-equity due diligence that turns raw deal files into structured, audit-ready analyses with deterministic, Excel-ready outputs. Official and YC sources place the company’s founding in 2024, while some third-party directories still list 2021.
Primary product
AI-powered private equity diligence platform
Founded
2024
Headquarters
New York City, NY, United States
Team size
1-10
Work style
Flexible
Industry
Technology, Information and Internet
Sub-industry
Private equity diligence software
Offices
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Business model
Stage
Seed
Total raised
$5.4M
Latest round
Seed · Jul 2025
Latest amount
$5M
Investors
Founder-led, investor-built, security-first, and highly execution-oriented; the public messaging stresses determinism, auditability, no hallucinations, and building for the actual private-equity workflow.
Work style
Flexible
Visa sponsorship
Limited
Compensation
Public YC job postings show a Founding Private Equity Strategist role at $150K-$250K plus 0.25%-1.00% equity with sponsorship, and a Software Engineer (Remote) role at $130K-$200K plus 0.10%-0.75% equity, but that role is listed as US citizen/visa only.
Pricing
Custom quote / demo-led enterprise SaaS
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
About $3.0M estimated (public range roughly $1.7M-$5.6M)
Estimated monthly visits
5.9K
Traffic estimate as of Jul 2026
Menlo Times · Jul 2025
Independent coverage of the seed round and the founding team, framing Keye as a private-equity diligence product built by former investors.
PRNewswire · Jul 2025
Official launch announcement: Keye came out of stealth with a $5M seed round, naming Sorenson Capital, General Catalyst, Y Combinator, ERA, Tiferes Ventures, Dunamu & Partners, Palm Drive Capital, and several angel investors.
FinSMEs · Jul 2025
Third-party funding coverage confirming the $5M seed round and listing the same institutional and angel backers.
Keye official blog · Jul 2025
Company announcement describing the product as a deterministic diligence engine for private-equity workflows and reiterating the $5M seed round.
Sorenson Capital · Jul 2025
Lead investor announcement describing Keye as an AI-native diligence platform for private equity that structures and analyzes deal data with institutional-grade accuracy.