Biography
Xavier Lombard is the CEO and Co-Founder of Leexi, a Brussels-based AI conversational intelligence platform used by over 1,000 companies to automate meeting capture and analysis in 120+ languages. A serial entrepreneur, Xavier previously founded Verdesis, a renewable energy company sold to EDF in 2013, and co-founded Seraphin (now Yago), Belgium's first digital insurance broker, which grew to 40 employees before being sold in 2021. Trained as an engineer at Ecole Nationale Superieure de Grenoble, he spent a decade as a research engineer at EDF with assignments at Hydro-Quebec, Westinghouse, and Honeywell before moving into entrepreneurship.
Session
- AI FoundationsSpeaker
Demo 28 - How to reach 10M€ ARR in 5 years self funded with a family business ?
Wednesday 23 September, 15:30 – 15:55Demo StageLeexi was founded in late 2021 by Xavier Lombard, his wife and two sons, born from a simple frustration: the value created in professional meetings disappears without a trace. In five years, the company reached 10M€ ARR entirely self-funded, refusing multiple VC offers — including a 15M€ valuation from Volta Ventures — to preserve independence, culture and long-term decision-making. The formula: obsessive product depth (350+ features), European data sovereignty as a structural moat, zero churn culture (one resignation in four years), and a discipline that turned every euro of revenue into the next hire. The lesson is not about family — it's about alignment: when founders share the same values, the same roof and the same long-term vision, they move faster, decide better, and build something that lasts.