Sam Heymans

TLDR

Sam Heymans is CEO and co-founder of Lizy, a Brussels-based EV leasing platform that has raised EUR 75M with backing from D'Ieteren and Alychlo.

Overview

Based in Brussels, Sam co-founded Lizy to make electric vehicle leasing more accessible, particularly for SMEs and freelancers who are typically excluded from traditional corporate leasing programs. The platform simplifies the entire leasing process, from comparison to contract signing.

Lizy has raised EUR 75M in funding, with strategic investors including D'Ieteren, one of Belgium's major automotive groups, and Alychlo, the family office of Marc Coucke.

LinkedIn Voice

Posting style: High-energy founder storytelling with real numbers. Posts are personal, milestone-driven, and motivational without being hollow. Strong on vulnerability and ambition combined. Regularly achieves unusually high engagement for Belgian founders.

Key themes: Lizy growth milestones (revenue, customers, market expansion), Belgian scale-up recognition (EY Scale-up of the Year), Entrepreneurship and optimism, podcast appearances, Belgian and French Entrepreneurship ecosystem

Avg engagement: 472 likes, 46 comments

Notable post: Lizy elected Scale-up of the Year by EY in front of 1,300 people, celebrating 7 years of building alongside the team (951 likes, 154 comments)

Notes

One of the larger funding rounds in the Belgian mobility tech space. The D'Ieteren backing gives Lizy both capital and strategic distribution in the automotive sector.