# Guillaume Lautour

> Guillaume Lautour is a seed investor at Level-Up (London) backing Gaming and Social. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Level-Up](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/level-up-2)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Sep 2021
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/guillaumelautour
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/G_Lautour
- Website: http://www.level-up.com

Guillaume Lautour is a seed investor at Level-Up in London focused on Gaming and Social. Guillaume Lautour is Managing Partner of Level-Up, a fund investing in gaming studios in Europe and Asia. He is a seasoned venture capitalist. Before founding Level-Up in 2015, Guillaume was for 15 years a Partner of Idinvest, a Private Equity firm based in Paris and managing €7 billion. Guillaume led the funding of more than 35 European and USstartups in Technology and Digital Media. During that time, his investments helped create $4 billion in corporate value with 36% IRR and include companies like Deezer, Dailymotion or Criteo. Guillaume started his career in investment banking and project management, working for 5 years in France, China and the USA.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gaming | 2 | 67% |
| Social | 1 | 33% |
| Publishing | 1 | 33% |
| Mobile Apps | 1 | 33% |
| Video Games | 1 | 33% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Revolt Games (Neopolis) | Revolt Games turn the world into a giant game board. The company creates social games on top of real-world geography. | $2.5M | Seed | Sep 08, 2021 |  |
| Pretty Simple | Pretty Simple is a European social gaming company, developing and publishing games on Facebook and tablets. Pretty Simple is the creator of hit social game of Investigation Criminal Case. Launched in November 2012, Criminal Case is played by more than 5 million daily active players, in just under 5 months.Pretty Simple's first releasedtitle is called My Shops. Launched in December 2010, My Shops reached its first million users in 9 weeks.The company is headquartered in Paris, France. It is recruiting a lot of new great people in 2013, in order to grow its team from 40 to 80. Talents sought include developers (iOS), game artists, game designers, and writers. | $3.6M |  |  |  |
| Pretty Simple | Pretty Simple is a European social gaming company, developing and publishing games on Facebook and tablets. Pretty Simple is the creator of hit social game of Investigation Criminal Case. Launched in November 2012, Criminal Case is played by more than 5 million daily active players, in just under 5 months.Pretty Simple's first releasedtitle is called My Shops. Launched in December 2010, My Shops reached its first million users in 9 weeks.The company is headquartered in Paris, France. It is recruiting a lot of new great people in 2013, in order to grow its team from 40 to 80. Talents sought include developers (iOS), game artists, game designers, and writers. |  |  |  |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Founders, Inc.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-c414) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Level-Up

VC Fund

Level-Up is building a unique set of first-class studios that will create lasting success for the benefit of both founders and investors.

1 contacts available at Level-Up.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Guillaume Lautour | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/guillaume-lautour |

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## FAQ

### What does Guillaume Lautour invest in?

Guillaume Lautour invests primarily in Gaming, Social and Publishing startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Guillaume Lautour last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Guillaume Lautour closed in Sep 2021. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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