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Lepaya

start up
Netherlands - Amsterdam, North Holland
  • 16/12/2021
  • Series B
  • $40,000,000

Lepaya is a (power skills) training company that provides high impact trainings at the career points of professionals.

We do this on a blended way via Lepaya's learning app and short interactive classroom sessions with the best trainers in class. Our trainingsprograms are flexible, easy to access, non time consuming and constantly measure behavioral change of our participants.

We like to help the world’s workers to be more effective and thereby lead a happier life. Because we believe that in a fast changing world you need to unlock your own potential to stay a step ahead in life and in business.

Lepaya is an Amsterdam based rapidly growing company, with global reach. We are a team of experienced tech-founders, commercial growth drivers and L&D professionals.


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René JanssenFounder

René Janssen Netherlands - Amsterdam, North Holland,

René founded Lepaya in 2018, to upskill the workforces of tomorrow’s leading organizations. Lepaya's upskilling solution measurably develops the powerskills that will not be robotized away, and that really make a difference in one's career.

Prior to that, René learned the ropes of entrepreneurship at Lazada, where he was Executive Vice President in Commercial and HR roles in Singapore, Vietnam and Indonesia. Lazada is the e-commerce market leader in all South East Asian countries: Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Philippines and Singapore; and currently majority-owned by Alibaba.

His career began at the Boston Consulting Group, where he specialized in emerging markets strategy / go-to-market, as well as strategy execution. He worked across Africa, Middle East, Asia and Europe.

René holds a (cum laude) degree in Maths/Physics from the first international Liberal Arts & Science Honours College in the Netherlands, University College Utrecht; as well as a (cum laude) degree in Philosophy of Science from Utrecht University.