Belsasar Lepe

Overview

Belsasar Lepe is an angel investor and entrepreneur based in San Francisco, California. He is the co-founder and CEO of Cerby, a comprehensive access management platform. Prior to Cerby, he served as Head of Product at Impira, leading the company's product lifecycle and contributing to a fourfold increase in revenue. Before Impira, Lepe co-founded Ooyala, where he led a global team of 300 professionals across five countries and seven offices, achieving two successful exits totaling over $440 million. He began his career as an engineer at Google, working on enterprise collaboration products, and holds a Computer Science degree from Stanford University. Lepe is also an active advisor and investor in startups, with a specific focus on Latin America. His investment interests span various sectors, including healthcare, remote work technology, authentication of electronic signatures, application integration, cybersecurity, computer vision, wellness, identity management, finance, security technology, productivity software, legal tech, digital transformation, SaaS, information technology, B2B, media and entertainment. His portfolio includes companies such as Ooyala, MiSalud, Yalo, and Impira. Lepe's investment strategy emphasizes supporting capital-efficient companies with unique products or services that address urgent market needs, particularly in the technology and healthcare sectors. He seeks to invest in early-stage companies, including seed, early stage, Series A, Series B, and growth stages, with investment sizes ranging from $100,000 to $5 million. His geographical focus includes the United States and various countries in Latin America, including Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Guatemala, Cuba, Bolivia, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Paraguay, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Uruguay, and Suriname. Lepe's investment philosophy centers on providing not only capital but also hands-on support in validation, early hires, and go-to-market strategies, aiming to be the first institutional partner for founders and assisting them in building great companies in underserved capital markets across the USA and Latin America. His approach is founder-friendly, with a commitment to backing resilient, high-agency teams regardless of narrow categories, and he is dedicated to supporting companies that can create a positive impact in solving global challenges in sustainability and healthcare.

Investment Focus

• Capital-efficient companies with unique products or services addressing urgent market needs
• Early-stage companies in technology and healthcare sectors
• Founders seeking hands-on support in validation, early hires, and go-to-market strategies
• Companies with at least one female founder or C-level executive, or a commitment to recruiting top female talent to the C-suite and Board of Directors

Portfolio Companies