When Eric Grosset founded IT infrastructure firm Asensia in Luxembourg in 2013, he built the company around a simple principle: stay close to customers. Thirteen years later, that strategy has culminated in the acquisition of Asensia by AI integration and automation firm Infinite Mind Group, marking a new chapter for the technology services company and its 70-person team.
Eric Grosset is a solution-minded person. When asked what problem he wanted to solve by co-founding IT infrastructure firm Asensia in Luxembourg in 2013, he replies with a smile: “Problem is a word I try to avoid.”
The French entrepreneur saw an opportunity when Sun Microsystems, the company that first brought him to Luxembourg, was acquired by Oracle in 2009. “Sun was really successful in Luxembourg because it was close to the customers. It was building solutions, integrating technologies, whereas Oracle was selling primarily Oracle software,” he recalls. A quick survey of ten potential customers confirmed his theory: customers wanted proximity to their IT service providers.
Starting with Linux and Unix services, his company, which was then called Anidris Services, built its reputation on proximity and personalised service. The bet paid off and within a few years people were reaching out to use their cloud, cyber and managed services. Today, Asensia has customers in Luxembourg and Belgium served by a team of around 70 FTEs.
It operates in a competitive Luxembourg IT services market dominated by large integrators such as Sogeti, Devoteam, NSI and sometimes Accenture and local specialists. The company carved out a niche by focusing on proximity to clients and expertise in infrastructure, cloud operations and ServiceNow implementations.
Grosset credits the success to time, an excellent team and the selective addition of new expertise, including in 2017 ServiceNow, a cloud-based, AI-powered platform that automates enterprise workflows across IT, HR, customer service, and security.
“In 2019, we made roughly €1 million revenue on ServiceNow,” he says. Today, it accounts for roughly a third of the company’s €9 million turnover. They also recently added Modern Workplace to their suite of services, offering cloud-first, secure, and flexible digital environments designed for remote or hybrid work.
Anidris Services was not Grosset’s first venture. Aged 29, he launched a business in which he jokes “I made every mistake in the book!” He claims the only smart thing he did was to ensure six months’ of cash, saving the initial company. He learned from his mistakes. The day he registered Anidris Services with the notary, he already had two signed contracts. “We planned to break even after 12 months. We made it in seven,” he recalls.
The company rapidly grew and that’s when it hit a typical challenge for scale-ups. The entrepreneur added new, non-billable roles to support the company’s growth. The worked until a few contracts were lost, and revenues dipped. “That was a tough summer,” Grosset recalls. In 2020, he faced the biggest challenge yet. A cancer diagnosis forced the entrepreneur to undergo surgery. Within a week of his operation, the Covid-19 pandemic was declared. “On the Monday afternoon, I had to sign something like 30 or 40 documents so our employees could cross the border to reach clients,” he recalls.
Grosset’s health improved but the experience served as a reminder for the need for a succession plan.
“I was convinced that I needed to focus on finding a company that would allow me to see the Asensia grow, continuing without me with also a new energy,” he says.
He received offers, which he refused because he wanted to see the company continue. In March 2026, AI Integration and Automation Software & Consulting Firm Infinite Mind Group announced its acquisition of Asensia, along with a commitment to invest €30 million in the Benelux region.
Grosset says the group’s buy-and-build model was a decisive factor. Infinite Mind, itself only one year old, commits to growing each member, effectively enabling customers of one member to benefit from all the group’s services.
“Last year, they acquired a company fully focused on AI. It means that for our customers in Luxembourg, this offer will be available to Luxembourgish customers via Asensia,” says Grosset.
Now aged 63, the entrepreneur will be part of this new consolidation. Leveraging his knowledge of Europe gained while working for Sun Microsystems, he will assist his company’s integration into the group. Then he plans to become an advisor, analysing how the different group portfolios can work together.
Asked what advice he would give entrepreneurs building technology companies from Luxembourg, Grosset returns to the principle that guided his own career: proximity to customers. The lesson proved universal during his earlier career at Sun Microsystems, when he replicated a successful services model across several European markets. “If you listen, bring the right professionals together and deliver what you promise, it works everywhere,” he says.
After more than three decades in the technology sector, Grosset sees the deal less as an exit than a transition, and a way to position Asensia for the next technological shift.
With artificial intelligence rapidly transforming enterprise software and IT operations, he believes smaller technology firms will increasingly need scale and specialised expertise.
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