# Lander Degrève

> Lander Degrève is the co-founder and CEO of Spott, an AI-native ATS and CRM for recruiting firms. A former Bain consultant with a finance master’s from Bocconi and experience building AI tools, he founded the company with KU Leuven friends Manu Vanderveeren and Samuel Smeys. Spott joined Y Combinator’s Winter 2025 batch and announced a $21 million Series A in September 2026.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Spott
- **Organizations:** Spott, Bain & Company, JPMorgan, BRIKS
- **Education:** KU Leuven, MSc in Finance, Bocconi University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Spott and participated in Y Combinator Winter 2025., Led Spott as it announced $24.2 million in total funding by September 2026., Reported more than 5,000 recruiters using Spott daily in September 2026.

## Career timeline

- **Before Spott; dates unverified** — Studied at KU Leuven, earned a finance master’s at Bocconi, and interned in investment banking at JPMorgan.
- **Before 2024; dates unverified** — Worked at Bain & Company and built an AI job-matching tool; separately built a generative AI consulting-case interviewer.
- **2024** — Founded Spott with Manu Vanderveeren and Samuel Smeys.
- **2025** — Spott participated in Y Combinator Winter 2025 and raised a $3.2 million seed round led by Base10 Partners.
- **2026-09** — Spott announced a $21 million Series A led by Balderton and expansion into New York and Sydney.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Spott and participated in Y Combinator Winter 2025.
- Led Spott as it announced $24.2 million in total funding by September 2026.
- Reported more than 5,000 recruiters using Spott daily in September 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Revisited founding Spott with his best friends in a LinkedIn post dated October 14 by TechWiki; the post was also publicly visible through company reposts.
- **2026-09** — Announced a $21 million Series A led by Balderton; stated that more than 5,000 recruiters used Spott daily.
- **2026-09** — Spott announced new offices in New York and Sydney.

## Links

- Website: https://spott.io/authors/lander-degreve
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lander-degr%C3%A8ve/

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Last updated: 2026-10-22