Lars Veelaert
Veelaert is a former Cybersecurity advisor who co-founded XFA in September 2021 with Gijs Van Laer. The company is based in Antwerp and closed a EUR 1.5M seed round in December 2025, led by ScaleFund and Curiosity, with participation from PMV and Seeder Fund.
As CEO of XFA, Veelaert leads commercial and product direction on a device-security product for unmanaged personal, freelancer, and BYOD devices that fall outside classic MDM deployments. The product enforces Zero Trust device posture without invasive controls on personal hardware.
Career
Roles
XFACEO & Co-FounderNov 2023 – Present
Byteflies#497factoryChief Information Security OfficerDec 2019 – Dec 2023
DPG Media Technology#302factoryInformation Security OfficerJun 2019 – Dec 2019
- Lars Veelaert bvbaInformation Security AdvisorJan 2018 – Jul 2023
- blog.larsveelaert.comSecurity & Privacy ResearcherFeb 2016 – Feb 2018
- On IT-servicesCo-Founder / IT-consultantApr 2015 – Dec 2017
- Humasol#449factoryTechnical ManagerNov 2014 – Sep 2015
- 4L-TrophyTeam Leader of 'Rolling 4 Boechout'2013 – 2014
Education
Hogeschool Odisee#30schoolBachelor's degree, Design and Production Technology Management2012 - 2015
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