Larry van der Meulen 🔜 Gamescom

Gaming Team Cloudflare. EMEA BD & GTM Lead

Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden9.2k followers
Cloudflare, Inc.ex-Techleapnlex-XS4ALL Internet BV

Two decades of BD/PM strategy roles in tech/data, solving cloud services growth and consumption revenue problems. - I get hired by people who want change, new growth, and do things differently.

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- Extremely good at understanding the internet needs of a business and connecting the right dots.

Career Timeline

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GTM Index

  1. CLOUDFLARE,JOB
    1. Gaming & iGaming GTM Lead,…
      4M
  2. SAFESPRINGJOB
    1. CMO
      1Y
  3. FLARIEJOB
    1. CMO/CRO - Business Mentor
      1Y 1M
  4. MICROSOFTJOB
    1. Startup, Unicorn, Gaming I…
      1Y
    2. Commercial Market Strategy…
      1Y 8M
    3. Global Partnerships - AIML…
      4Y 8M
  5. MICROSOFT FOR STARTUPSJOB
    1. Microsoft Epicenter Accele…
      1Y
    2. Microsoft Accelerator AIML…
      1Y
  6. TECHLEAPNLJOB
    1. EIR
      5M
  7. LEASEWEBJOB
    1. WW BD
      5Y 5M
  8. XS4ALL INTERNET BVJOB
    1. Sr. Strategic BD - Tech In…
      4Y 8M
  9. INGJOB
    1. Financial
      10M
  10. INSTITUUT VOOR BEURS EN TENTOONSTELLINGJOB
    1. Tech
      1Y 3M

Time in market 22Y 7MOpen 3Closed 12Stints 15

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  1. Job: Techleapnl — EIR / Digital Advisor In Residence · 2017-09 – 2018-02 — Six months of EIR. Advisory role on how to make NL the ideal place for startups.
  2. Job: Cloudflare, Inc. — Gaming & iGaming GTM Lead, EMEA North · 2026-04 – present — Leading the GTM, BD & Sales Motion in the Benelux & Nordics. Part of Digital Natives & Growth.
  3. Job: XS4ALL Internet BV — Sr. Strategic BD - Tech Incubation Cloud/IoT & Internet (BeNeLux) · 2006-02 – 2010-10
  4. Job: ING — Financial / Investment Consultant SME & Startups, NL · 2005-04 – 2006-02
  5. Job: Microsoft for Startups — Microsoft Epicenter Accelerator AIML Lead - Amsterdam Location · 2019-07 – 2020-07 — I led a 12-month commercial and technical scale program for software companies building invisible and competing technology. End-to-end responsibility. Located in Amsterdam’s most prominent startup hub.
  6. Job: Microsoft — Startup, Unicorn, Gaming Incubation & Partnerships (DNB) - Area Sales Strategy Lead, Western Europe · 2022-07 – 2023-07 — I led the BD/GTM incubation strategy for all our digital native (DNB & Xbox) cloud teams. Building up a new segmentation, inc. planning/hiring GTM and sales leadership to increase our share in the B2C/B2B ISV landscape - all stages/series in 14 markets. Result: I hired multiple roles (up to GM/CTO-level) and led/grew the deal pipeline to $600M+.
  7. Job: Microsoft for Startups — Microsoft Accelerator AIML Lead - Amsterdam Location · 2018-07 – 2019-07 — I led our 'YC' accelerator program with 30 potential unicorns in Amsterdam. Responsible for everything from sourcing and programming to closure.
  8. Job: Flarie — CMO/CRO - Business Mentor · 2024-01 – 2025-02 — Pro Bono Commercial Mentor for the VP of Marketing. GTM. Market Strategy. Deal Making.
  9. Job: Instituut voor Beurs en Tentoonstelling — Tech / Web Market Research Lead & Product Manager (SaaS) · 2004-01 – 2005-04
  10. Job: Safespring — CMO · 2025-04 – 2026-04 — Led an End-to-End GTM Strategy for Brand, Digital, Growth & Product. Handover to the New CEO.
  11. Job: Microsoft — Commercial Market Strategy - Azure GTM Lead, Western Europe · 2020-11 – 2022-07 — Strategy, Planning, Execution, and Culture Building in the Market Intelligence and Area Revenue/Strategy Team. I ran all our Win Rooms + Azure Competition Programs in an area covering 4,000 sellers. We are the strategic consultancy arm for our area leadership team, transforming how we win our market growth.
  12. Job: Microsoft — Global Partnerships - AIML BD / ISV Lead, Western Europe · 2016-03 – 2020-11 — I led our BD/incubation strategy for AIML ISVs/SIs in 14 markets. I specialize in complex cases, such as invisible, competing technology, decreasing sales cycles, and increasing growth curve optimization.
  13. Job: LeaseWeb — WW BD / GTM - Startup, ISV, Media, Gaming and Data Lead · 2010-10 – 2016-03 — New segmentation development and international expansion in Frankfurt, London, Singapore, Washington DC, and Zurich. KPI: Rebuild client base. Pilot new revenue streams/products. Growth of 175% YoY.
  14. School: Geert Groote College — HAVO NT & NG, Biology + German 1, 2
  15. School: St. Ignatiusgymnasium — Latin, Greek, Classical Cultural Education

Skills

Strategic PartnershipsProduct StrategySales StrategyDigital StrategyBrand StrategyDeal DevelopmentSales AutomationMarket IntelligenceGrowth StrategiesSales GrowthOperational ExcellenceOperational StrategyVenture CapitalIllustrationConcept GenerationAbstractingBranding & IdentityRetail DesignSimplificationSales & Marketing Leadership

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