The Community Company

What The Community Company does

The Community Company, operating as Community.co, is a Boston-headquartered, Delaware-incorporated private company that builds and manages bespoke professional communities of influence on behalf of affinity brands and business networks. Founded in 2013 by Scott Gerber (CEO) and Ryan Paugh (President & COO), the company operates a portfolio of 50+ professional communities serving 25,000+ members across 72 countries with a remote-first team of approximately 200 people. Its members are executives, entrepreneurs, and business leaders who pay annual membership fees (supplemented by non-refundable initiation fees) for curated networking, concierge support, thought-leadership publishing opportunities, and access to mentors and peer groups.

The company's core product is the Community.co platform, a multi-tenant application built on Next.js, Convex, Postgres, and Fastly that bundles Private Groups, Executive Profiles, Publishing Tools, Virtual Events, a Mobile App, and Member Badges into an integrated member experience. Revenue is generated through four primary streams: recurring annual Membership Subscriptions, optional Premium Services (Premium Membership with content strategy and ghostwriting, Coaching Services performed by Predictable Profits Coaching LLC, and Boardroom Services for facilitated peer groups), a Bespoke Marketplace where the company may receive commissions from third-party providers, and one-time initiation fees. The company distributes through a community-led direct membership model with a selective application process and a sales-led B2B partnership motion targeting affinity brands such as Forbes Councils.

Community.co monetizes credibility and curation as much as software: co-founders authored 'Superconnector' (Forbes Books, 2016), the company's editorial team produces ghostwritten thought leadership for members, and partnerships with high-authority media brands (notably Forbes) provide distribution and publishing leverage. The company is privately held, founder-owned, and bootstrapped — no venture funding rounds, acquisitions, or external institutional investors are disclosed in the available materials. It is GDPR- and CCPA-compliant and operates entirely remotely aside from its Boston mailing address.

Name

The Community Company

Legal name

The Community Company, Inc.

Website

https://community.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

The Community Company (Community.co) builds and manages bespoke professional communities of influence on behalf of affinity brands, serving 25,000+ executives and entrepreneurs across 50+ communities and 72 countries through a curated membership platform and concierge service.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Boston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Subscriptions: Annual membership fees charged to individual professional members for access to community benefits including networking, media opportunities, marketplace, and concierge support. Membership auto-renews on an annual basis.
2. Premium Services: Additional optional paid services beyond standard membership including Premium Membership (content strategy and ghostwriting services), Coaching Services (one-on-one business coaching), and Boardroom Services (peer group facilitation). These auto-renew after each service year.
3. Bespoke Marketplace: A marketplace of third-party providers offering products, services, experiences, and discounts to members. The company may receive financial benefits from Marketplace Providers for making offerings available to members.
4. Initiation Fees: Non-refundable initiation fee charged upon membership acceptance, separate from the Annual Membership Fee.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Community Company (dba Community.co) builds, launches, and manages bespoke professional communities of influence on behalf of affinity brands and professional networks, providing a proprietary multi-tenant platform, curated membership admissions, and concierge-level member services. Individual executives and entrepreneurs apply for annual memberships that grant access to private groups, executive profiles, publishing tools, virtual events, a bespoke marketplace, and optional premium services such as content strategy, ghostwriting, coaching, and boardroom peer groups.

Product overview

Community.co operates as a comprehensive professional community platform consisting of a core integrated platform and multiple feature modules including Private Groups, Executive Profiles, Publishing Tools, Virtual Events, Mobile App, and Member Badges. The company provides member benefits through a Bespoke Marketplace, Networking Opportunities, Media and Personal Brand Building programs, a Community Knowledge Platform, and Concierge Support. Premium add-on services include Premium Membership (content strategy and ghostwriting) and third-party services such as Coaching Services and Boardroom Services. The portfolio includes sub-brands such as Forbes Councils for high-level executives.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Community.co Platform Core integrated platform providing the digital business model, tools, and infrastructure for building and managing bespoke professional communities; delivers visibility, connections, and growth capabilities for business executives, entrepreneurs, and the affinity brands that partner with Community.co.
• Annual Membership (Professional Community of Influence) Annual subscription membership providing individual executives and entrepreneurs access to private groups, executive profiles, publishing tools, virtual events, concierge support, and member benefits across Community.co's managed communities. Members pay an initiation fee upon acceptance plus an auto-renewing annual fee.
• Bespoke Marketplace A curated marketplace connecting members with direct providers, retailers, wholesalers, and other third-party providers offering products, services, experiences, and discount offerings. Community.co may receive financial benefits from Marketplace Providers for making offerings available to members.
• Premium Membership Services Optional premium service providing members with access to Community.co content strategists for content strategy assistance and ghostwriting services, including one introductory call and up to three content pieces per PS Year. Auto-renews on an annual basis with a 60-day opt-out notice required.
• Coaching Services Regularly recurring one-on-one coaching sessions for business executives, performed by Predictable Profits Coaching, LLC, sold in bundled packages and auto-renewing on an annual basis.
• Boardroom Services Dedicated, regularly occurring digital peer group meetings facilitated by a moderator, providing results-based support and accountability for selected professional groups.
• Forbes Councils (Community Property) Exclusive community program for the world's most successful executives and entrepreneurs, enabling members to publish thought leadership on Forbes.com. Operated by Community.co as a managed community within its portfolio.
• B2B Community Partnership Service End-to-end partnership service in which Community.co partners with affinity brands and professional networks to launch, operate, and grow bespoke communities of influence on their behalf, providing the platform, tools, membership curation, and concierge operations under the partner brand.

Quantifiable outcome

• 50+ professional communities managed
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Forbes CouncilscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerForbes Councils is one of the flagship community properties managed by Community.co, representing a council for the world's most successful young entrepreneurs and business leaders. Members gain access to thought leadership publishing opportunities on premier outlets such as Forbes.com.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Circle: Circle is a leading community platform SaaS that enables creators and brands to launch branded communities. It is the most direct self-serve competitor to Community.co's platform layer, though Circle targets a broader, more self-service market.
• Hivebrite: Hivebrite is an all-in-one community management and engagement platform for professional associations, alumni networks, and member-based organizations — closely aligned with Community.co's enterprise community operator model.
• Geneva: Geneva is a group-centric community platform used by clubs, organizations, and professional groups for messaging, events, and member management. Comparable as a membership community infrastructure peer.
• Bevy: Bevy provides a community platform focused on enterprise customer communities and event-led growth, often used by tech companies for community-led GTM. Comparable to Community.co's B2B community management services for affinity brands.
• Mighty Networks: Mighty Networks powers membership communities with courses, content, and events. It overlaps directly with Community.co's community-plus-content-plus-events offering for professional and creator audiences.
• Disciple Media: Disciple offers branded community apps and platforms for creators, coaches, and brands to host paid membership communities — a direct competitor in the curated, paid-professional-community space.

Broad incumbents

• Kajabi: Kajabi is a broader knowledge-commerce platform combining courses, coaching, communities, and marketing for creators and experts. Overlaps with Community.co's content, coaching, and community bundle but targets individual creators rather than affinity brands.

Emerging players

• Memberful: Memberful provides membership infrastructure (payments, subscriptions, gated content) that powers creators and organizations running paid communities. Comparable as membership monetization infrastructure adjacent to Community.co's subscription model.
• Heartbeat (Heartbeat.app): Heartbeat provides a community platform geared toward creators, coaches, and small communities with paid memberships. Comparable as an emerging paid-community platform peer targeting similar professional audiences.

Others

• Forbes Councils (Forbes Media): Forbes Media operates the Forbes Councils programs as a brand platform, with Community.co as the operational/technology partner. Relevant as both a strategic partner and a peer in the premium executive community space.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/CommunityCoInc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/communityco/?trk=public_profile_topcard-current-company
• Xx.com/cmtyco

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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