# Belsasar Lepe

> Belsasar 'Bel' Lepe is co-founder and CEO of Cerby, the identity automation platform built to secure the applications that traditional identity tools ignore - the sprawling layer of disconnected, nonstandard, and unmanageable apps that enterprises actually run on. A first-generation Mexican-American and Stanford Computer Science graduate, Lepe started at Google at 18, then co-founded Ooyala - a video technology company that achieved two exits totaling over $440M - before turning his attention to the gaping hole in enterprise identity security. Cerby raised $54M in Series B funding in 2025, counts L'Oréal, Fox, and Allstate among its customers, and has grown ARR 10x in under two years.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and CEO at Cerby
- **Organizations:** Cerby, Ooyala, Impira, Google
- **Nationality:** American (Mexican-American)
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, Stanford University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Ooyala, which achieved two exits totaling over $440M, Built and led a 300+ person global engineering team at Ooyala spanning five countries and seven offices, Raised $3.5M seed for Cerby in under two months at a six-month-old company

## Career timeline

- **~2005** — Joined Google as software engineer, working on Enterprise Collaboration products (joined at approximately age 18)
- **2007** — Co-founded Ooyala with brother Bismarck Lepe and Sean Knapp; served as CTO
- **2007-2019** — Led Ooyala's global product, design, and engineering team of 300+ people across five countries and seven offices; achieved two exits totaling $440M+
- **2019-2020** — Served as Head of Product at Impira, driving 4x revenue increase
- **2020** — Co-founded Cerby with Vidal Gonzalez to address Shadow IT and nonstandard application security
- **2020** — Cerby raised $3.5M seed round led by Bowery Capital in under two months
- **2023** — Cerby raised Series A funding; 10x ARR growth and 5x customer growth in subsequent 20 months
- **2025-05** — Cerby raised $40M Series B led by DTCP, with Okta Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, and Two Sigma Ventures participating
- **2025-09** — Cerby extended Series B to $54M, adding Deloitte Ventures, Engage Fund, Squarepoint, and Valor Equity Partners
- **2025-11** — Appeared on NYSE Floor Talk following Series B milestone

## Achievements

- Co-founded Ooyala, which achieved two exits totaling over $440M
- Built and led a 300+ person global engineering team at Ooyala spanning five countries and seven offices
- Raised $3.5M seed for Cerby in under two months at a six-month-old company
- Grew Cerby ARR 10x and customer base 5x within 20 months of Series A
- Raised $54M Series B for Cerby from top-tier investors including Okta Ventures and Salesforce Ventures
- Built Cerby to automate identity workflows across 2,000+ applications
- Secured enterprise customers including L'Oréal, Fox, Allstate, Chime, Dentsu, and Colgate-Palmolive
- All five original Cerby hires remained with the company in expanded roles
- Featured on NYSE Floor Talk (2025)
- Active investor and advisor to Latin American startups

## Latest updates

- **2025-11** — Appeared on NYSE Floor Talk following Cerby's Series B milestone
- **2025-09** — Cerby extended its Series B to $54M, adding Deloitte Ventures, Engage Fund, Squarepoint, and Valor Equity Partners
- **2025-05** — Cerby raised $40M Series B led by DTCP with participation from Okta Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, and Two Sigma Ventures
- **2025-01** — Cerby reported 10x ARR growth and 5x customer growth since Series A, with platform covering 2,000+ applications

## Links

- Website: https://cerby.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/belsasar-lepe-975a203
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/CerbyHQ
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fx1i4nlO0LY
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CerbyHQ/

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Last updated: 2026-05-13