Chief Executive Officer — Berkeley Payments

Lawrence
Tepperman

I build companies that win globally.

CEO of Berkeley Payments — the payments infrastructure that runs quietly behind other companies' branded programs across North America. Founder of Isratech Capital Partners and GrowthMatters. Serial entrepreneur with two nine-figure exits.

Profile

Twenty-five years turning bold companies into global players.

Lawrence Tepperman, CEO of Berkeley Payments

Lawrence Tepperman is, first and foremost, the CEO of Berkeley Payments — a Canadian Fintech-as-a-Service platform that lets businesses launch and run their own branded payment programs: prepaid and virtual cards, real-time disbursements, and embedded money movement, all under their own brand. Berkeley operates as infrastructure — its clients' brands sit on top, while the banking, compliance, and technical machinery stays out of view.

Alongside Berkeley, he is the founder of Isratech Capital Partners, which backs and accelerates growth-stage technology companies expanding into North America, and of GrowthMatters, which advises Israeli high-tech firms on entering the U.S. market. The thread across all three is the same: helping ambitious companies scale across borders — built on a 25-year record of founding, transforming, and exiting companies in financial services and technology.

What I'm building

Chief Executive Officer · Primary focus Berkeley Payments ↗

A Canadian Fintech-as-a-Service platform for branded payment programs — prepaid and virtual cards, real-time disbursements, and embedded money movement across North America. Where most of my time and focus lives.

Founder, Strategic Advisor, Board Member Isratech Capital Partners ↗

Backing and accelerating growth-stage technology companies as they expand into North American markets.

Founder, Chief Strategic Advisor GrowthMatters ↗

Advising Israeli high-tech companies on U.S. market entry and go-to-market strategy.

Track record

25+
Years building and scaling companies
Nine-figure exits
$100M+
Capital raised across ventures
3
Companies scaled from local to global

Background

Founder & CEO · K2 Digital
Scaled from scratch to $30M in annual revenue and 100+ employees; successful exit.
President & CEO · 80/20 Solutions
Grown from six employees to a private-equity exit.
Earlier leadership
BMO Financial Group · Capgemini Ernst & Young · Deloitte Consulting · SAS Institute

Education

MBA, Finance & Strategy
Schulich School of Business, York University
BA, Finance & Economics
Western University

Focus

P&L ownership · International expansion
M&A, fundraising & PE/VC · Digital transformation & fintech · Building and retaining teams

Featured in Forbes (2023) — “The Best-Kept Secret in the $245 Billion Fintech Sector.”

The journey

From Toronto to Tel Aviv.

Born and raised in Toronto, Canada, Lawrence built his career across North America and the United Kingdom — living and working in New York, Raleigh, Chicago, Boston, and St. Albans — before making Aliyah to Israel in 2022. He now lives in Tel Aviv, leading Berkeley on Toronto hours while building bridges between Israeli innovation and North American markets.

Toronto London, ON Sudbury, ON New York Raleigh Chicago Boston St. Albans, UK Tel Aviv · now

Contact

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