Lars Veelaert

TLDR

Lars Veelaert is co-founder and CEO of XFA, an Antwerp-based Cybersecurity startup building a privacy-respecting Zero Trust alternative to traditional MDM.

Background

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.

What They Do

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.