Andrew Wesbecher
About Andrew Wesbecher
Andrew Wesbecher is a go-to-market executive with about 25 years of enterprise sales experience. His Crunchbase bio lists building and leading sales teams, go-to-market strategy, global channels and a MEDDPPIC sales process. It says he is especially adept at scaling sales at early-stage SaaS companies from $1M to $20M ARR. He studied Management Information Systems at NYU Stern.
His sales roles include Meraki, ThousandEyes, Memento Security and TIBCO Software, and Head of Sales at Forward Networks, where he built the first sales team. He then held sales leadership roles at Lacework (Global VP of Sales & Channels, 2017 to 2019), Contrast Security (VP Sales, 2020 to 2022) and Traceable (Global VP of Sales & Channels, 2022 to 2023). His GitHub profile lists four exits: Meraki, ThousandEyes, Lacework and Traceable. His LinkedIn lists Realm Labs as his current employer.
He is also the founder of Powered_by Agency, which CXOTalk describes as an AI agency for small and medium-sized businesses that builds AI agents across voice, phone, text and email. Crunchbase counts two companies founded.
Crunchbase lists one personal investment: a seed round in Microsec.AI Security alongside Heroic Ventures, reported in September 2021. PitchBook dates the Microsec.AI seed deal to July 2021. PitchBook also has a January 2021 Lacework entry for him. Crunchbase shows no lead investments and no exits for him as an investor.
He is listed as an advisor to Microsec.AI Security and, since April 2022, to ArmorCode, an application security company. His profiles describe him as a seed investor and GTM advisor.
Microsec.AI Security is his one confirmed angel investment. Public sources do not say what share of his investing is AI-specific, and no other AI investments with dates are public. His bio says he is deeply technical in AI/ML, and he describes himself as an advisor to security vendors working on AI/ML problems.
His Crunchbase bio says he is an angel investor and go-to-market advisor for security vendors addressing emergent problems across applications, infrastructure and AI/ML. His stated technical areas are API security, AppSec, Kubernetes, cloud security and data center networking. His one known investment was a seed round. He is based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has not published a check size, so none is listed here.
- Microsec.AI Security: security company in which he invested in a 2021 seed round and is listed as an advisor.
- ArmorCode: application security platform where he is listed as an advisor since April 2022. No investment is confirmed in public sources.
Investing activity
Andrew Wesbecher has made 1 investment according to Crunchbase across 1 portfolio company, and has founded 2 companies.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Andrew Wesbecher
Does Andrew Wesbecher invest in AI startups?
His one confirmed angel investment is Microsec.AI Security, a 2021 seed round. His stated focus is security vendors addressing problems across applications, infrastructure and AI/ML.
What stage does Andrew Wesbecher invest in?
His known investment is a seed round. He has not published a stage policy.
What is Andrew Wesbecher's check size?
He has not published a check size, and none of the sources we found list one.
What can Andrew Wesbecher help founders with beyond capital?
He has about 25 years of enterprise sales experience and focuses on scaling early-stage SaaS sales from $1M to $20M ARR. He acts as a go-to-market advisor to security companies.
Where is Andrew Wesbecher based?
Crunchbase lists San Mateo, California. His LinkedIn lists the San Francisco Bay Area.
How can founders contact Andrew Wesbecher?
His public profiles are LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/wesbecher and his site at wesbecher.llc. No public pitch process is listed.
Is Andrew Wesbecher an angel investor?
Yes. Andrew Wesbecher invests personally as an angel. Crunchbase counts 1 investment.
How can founders reach Andrew Wesbecher?
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