Why We Raised Our Series B—and What’s Next for Cerby
By Belsasar Lepe, Co-founder and CEO of Cerby
When Vidal and I started Cerby, we weren’t trying to build another identity company.
We were focused on a deeper, more persistent issue—one that every security and IT leader we knew had encountered: why does so much of enterprise identity security still rely on manual work?
Despite decades of innovation in the identity space, the last mile remained painfully unresolved. Too many workflows still hinged on spreadsheets, ticket queues, and follow-ups that never came. The burden fell to humans—and with it, so did the risk.
From the beginning, our vision was to bring identity security into the modern era: fully automated, resilient to human error, and extensible to every app in the business.
Today, that vision takes a major leap forward. I’m proud to share that we’ve raised $40 million in Series B funding, led by DTCP with participation from Okta Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, and Two Sigma Ventures.
This isn’t just a milestone—it’s a signal. A signal that the problem we’ve been focused on from day one is becoming impossible to ignore.
Manual identity work is still everywhere and the cost—in time, risk, and control—is too high.
We’re here to fix that.
Identity is getting more complex, not less
Enterprises today manage sprawling SaaS portfolios alongside everything from thick-client and private network apps to custom on-prem systems. Non-human identities are multiplying. AI agents are autonomously spinning up services. And with every new app, another identity surface appears—many of them disconnected, sitting outside the reach of traditional identity tools. These outliers require manual oversight and introduce persistent security and compliance gaps.
At Cerby, we believe the future of identity must reflect the complexity of how modern organizations actually operate.
Our platform brings automation to that complexity—extending modern identity controls to any app, even the ones most tools leave behind. We’ve built a range of automation approaches—from UI-based workflows to advanced agentic AI, powered by our patent-pending integration engine—to bring every app into scope.
We’ve never believed in rigid architectures or one-size-fits-all thinking. We built Cerby for heterogeneity—because that’s the reality we’ve seen time and again in the field.
Most importantly, we do it without adding friction. Cerby becomes an invisible extension of your existing identity stack.
An exceptional leadership team and a new phase of growth
What’s enabled this next phase isn’t just product momentum—it’s people. Over the past year, we’ve welcomed an incredible set of new leaders across engineering, go-to-market, and operations. Each brings the clarity and operational depth needed to scale with intention. With the team we have today, we’re more prepared than ever to lead in this space.
We’ve also built a customer community that keeps pushing us forward. From Fortune 100 enterprises to fast-growing startups, we’re proud to partner with some of the most forward-thinking teams in the world—including L’Oréal, Fox, Colgate-Palmolive, Dentsu, and Chime. Their success drives our urgency. It’s why we obsess over the details—and why we push so hard to keep innovating.
Going global—with the right partner by our side
This funding also marks the start of an important new chapter: expansion in EMEA. Demand for identity security is growing—driven by regulatory pressure, operational complexity, and a widening mix of SaaS and on-prem systems.
DTCP is the ideal partner for this next phase. With deep cybersecurity expertise, a strong presence in both North America and Europe, and a long-term mindset we deeply respect, their support will be critical as we scale into new markets.
What’s next
We have a lot more work to do. But we’ve never been more confident in our mission—or more energized by the momentum behind it.
To our customers, our team, and the investors who’ve supported us on this journey: thank you.
We’re proud to be building this together.
You make the work not just possible, but worthwhile.
Bel - Co-founder & CEO, Cerby
