# Matt Lhoumeau

> Matt Lhoumeau is the cofounder and CEO of Concord, a contract lifecycle management platform used by over 100,000 companies. A French entrepreneur who founded his first company at 17, wrote speeches for Nicolas Sarkozy's 2007 campaign, and once spent six months manually renegotiating 500 contracts for a French telecom giant, Lhoumeau built Concord to make contract management as ordinary as sending an email.

- **Role:** Cofounder & CEO at Concord
- **Organizations:** Concord, Contract Live, Iliad/Free, Groupe RATP, Office of Nicolas Sarkozy, The Fourth Coming, Forbes Technology Council
- **From:** France
- **Nationality:** French
- **Education:** Master's in Entrepreneurship, HEC Paris, Master's in Political Sciences, Sciences Po Paris, Master's in International Affairs, INALCO (Langues'O Paris), Master's in Japanese, INALCO (Langues'O Paris)
- **Known for:** Built Concord into a contract lifecycle management platform used by over 100,000 companies, Raised $51.8M in total funding, including a $25M Series B in 2018, Sold his first company, The Fourth Coming, to French telecom giant Orange before age 20

## Career timeline

- **1999** — Founded The Fourth Coming, a multiplayer online gaming community, at age 17
- **2001** — Sold The Fourth Coming to Orange
- **2007** — Policy Analyst and Speech Writer for Nicolas Sarkozy's presidential campaign
- **2008** — Strategic Projects Manager at Groupe RATP and Iliad/Free
- **2010** — Cofounded and led Contract Live
- **2014** — Cofounded Concord in Paris with Florian Parain
- **2015** — Concord raises $3.5M from Cota Capital, Alven Capital, and angels including Tien Tzuo
- **2018** — Concord closes $25M Series B, bringing total funding to $51.8M
- **2024** — Concord expands AI contract intelligence features; company operates from Austin, Texas

## Achievements

- Built Concord into a contract lifecycle management platform used by over 100,000 companies
- Raised $51.8M in total funding, including a $25M Series B in 2018
- Sold his first company, The Fourth Coming, to French telecom giant Orange before age 20
- Member of the Forbes Technology Council
- Holds four master's degrees from three of Europe's most selective institutions

## Latest updates

- **2025-04** — Appeared on The Finance Leader Podcast to discuss the shift of contract management from legal to finance and operations teams.
- **2025-03** — Featured on Dan Balcauski's podcast covering AI-driven contract intelligence.
- **2024-08** — Continued hiring for revenue and marketing leadership from Concord's Austin headquarters.

## Links

- Website: https://concord.app
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattlhoumeau/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/mattlhoumeau
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Concord-Worldwide-Inc/1479785835669125

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Last updated: 2026-07-09