Our mission
As the world has gone paperless, our information is now stored electronically. We no longer have filing cabinets and boxes of papers and old photoes, instead we have email accounts and phone photo libraries .
Keeping information electronically is much easier and more convenient than the old, offline ways. But it can also be a frustration.
Our files, photos, important messages, notes are scattered across various devices, apps and storage media. Although all of these techonologies are great in themselves, finding things from more than a few days ago can quickly become annoying.
That's way we made Keepd.
Keepd is designed to be your organizedplace for the things you want to keep, under your control, available on all your devices, and with all the functionality you need. To give you peace of mind, make your life easier, and also to allow you to share with whomever you want how you want.
About StayPrivate
StayPrivate is the name of the company behind Keepd.
We started out in the City of London, helping specialist financial services businesses, such as private banks, hedge funds and wealth managers, communicate safely with their clients.
We didn't invent secure email and file sharing, but we did change it. We made it simple to integrate. We made it affordable and accessible. And, crucially, we made it easier to use for the end-client.
We now provide encrypted email, document signing and file sharing services to thousands of organizations all around the world and across a wide range of sectors.
We hoped for, and expected, success in financial services. But we didn't predict how quickly businesses from other sectors would begin using StayPrivate. Nor did we predict how many individual customers would ask us if they could have their own consumer version, to look after their important information, and share it when required.
So we decided to build Keepd!
Our founders
Andrew Brogden
Co-founder and CEO
Andrew was born in Manchester, UK. He has a first class degree in Mathematics and a master's in Mathematics, both from Cambridge University.
Andrew started his career as a management consultant, before moving into financial services, initially as a derivatives trader. He worked in large banks for over fifteen years, building and heading up businesses which specialised in creating retail investment products.
Andrew has a proven track record of advising, developing and investing in successful technology businesses, including Snap and Redgate Software.
In his spare time, Andrew enjoys travelling around the world supporting his triathlon-obsessed wife.
Rob Reid
Co-founder and COO
Rob was born in Scotland. He has a first class degree in Actuarial Mathematics & Statistics from Heriot-Watt University and is a qualified actuary.
Rob began his career as a risk manager before moving into financial product design. He worked for nearly twenty years in the banking sector, most notably at NatWest and Santander, running teams specializing in designing and distributing new products to the retail market.
Rob is married with three teenage children and a dog.
Huw Parker
Co-founder and Head of Information Security
Huw was born in Bristol, UK. He has a first class degree in Natural Sciences and a master's degree in Computing, both from Cambridge University.
Huw is a Certified Information Security Systems Professional with over twenty years' experience designing, developing and maintaining software solutions for the defence industry and other sectors, working for organisations such as the UK Ministry of Defence and NATO.
Huw is an expert in modern information security techniques and practices. His knowledge helps us to ensure that we do what we say and look after your information properly at all times.
When Huw is not reading cyber security manuals, he likes to spend time with his family and playing chess.