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About

Keye is an AI software that lets private equity firms do due diligence for acquisitions faster and more accurately. Our customers can evaluate 10x more deals and fund better companies which leads directly to better returns/more alpha. -- Our system is the first of its kind to instantly generate complex, comprehensive data packs from raw data in any format, directly from the data room. This enables investors to gain an 80% understanding of a potential deal within moments, empowering them to say No to a deal earlier in the process and focus on high-potential opportunities. Traditionally, creating these detailed data packs—like cohort or retention analyses and customer roll-forwards—takes weeks, during which critical details may be overlooked, potentially costing funds millions in missed insights and poor decisions. -- Keye combines cutting-edge AI with deep private equity expertise to deliver powerful, multi-layered insights that go far beyond the simple summarizers and search functions offered by other tools. Our platform dives deep into both quantitative and qualitative due diligence data, offering high-impact analytics crafted specifically for private equity workflows. This isn’t just automation—it’s a purpose-built solution that uncovers actionable insights, fueling smarter decisions and driving true alpha.

Founders

Rohan ParikhFounder

Co-Founder & CEO at Keye, Rohan has over 6+ yrs in investment banking, spanning front-office roles across IB and Global Markets. Within 5 years, he was promoted to Director, where he drove a 7x increase in deal flow and revenue. Previously, he worked as a management consultant with Accenture before transitioning to Standard & Poor’s credit division in finance. Rohan holds an MBA from Wharton, complemented by a technical background with a Master's in Financial Engg. & B.Eng degree

Conor BrownFounder

Conor is a Co-Founder and the Chief Operating Officer of Keye. Before co-founding Keye, Conor co-founded SecureFlow, a funds flow and deal insights platform for M&A, while earning an MBA from The Wharton School. He has also held key roles as an investor at Vista Equity Partners and an investment banker at Goldman Sachs. He attended Amherst College for his BA, where he also captained the hockey team.

Lalit LalCofounder, CTO

Lalit is a Cofounder and CTO at Keye. By trade, Lalit is a seasoned software engineer with a over 7 years in industry experience leading and building SaaS products from the ground up. Working through 2 historical SaaS acquisitions as an early engineer and leading technical teams of various sizes, Lalit is comfortable across the stack (devops, frontend, backend, and ML). He comes from a background in Robotics (University of Waterloo) and Machine Learning (University of Toronto).

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Founders

Rohan ParikhFounder

Conor BrownFounder

Lalit LalCofounder, CTO