# Guillaume Lestrade

> Guillaume Lestrade is a seed investor at Leeto backing FinTech, Software and Financial Services. See 29 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Leeto](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clan)
- Total investments: 29
- Last investment: Jul 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/guillaume-lestrade-1302551a/

Guillaume Lestrade is a seed investor at Leeto focused on FinTech and Software. Guillaume Lestrade is the co-founder of Meero and Leeto.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $658k–$5.5M |
| Pre-Seed | $549k–$2.2M |
| Series A | $6.7M–$23M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 7 | 24% |
| Software | 7 | 24% |
| Financial Services | 7 | 24% |
| SaaS | 5 | 17% |
| Payments | 4 | 14% |

58 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 15 | 52% |
| Pre-Seed | 7 | 24% |
| Series A | 3 | 10% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 7% |
| Grant | 1 | 3% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| France | 23 | 79% |
| United States | 2 | 7% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 3% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cryptr | Plug & Play Authentication that fits your business Authentication as a service platform to help you convert more B2B customers, whatever their SSO or Employee Directory solution. Just a few lines of code to be SSO ready and start working with enterprise customers.SaaS and Websites can easily and quickly deploy our authentication solutionswith a full range of services dedicated to user access management.Cryptr Passwordless: that allows Websites to deploy passwordless authentication based on the magic link. Increase security, improve conversion and reduce churn.Cryptr Enterprise Connection: that allows SaaS to easily and quickly connect to the SSO authentication (SAML, ADFS, Azure AD, etc.) and to the identity providers (Okta, Ping Identity, ...) of enterprises. They are thus at the level of compliance and security expected by their corporate customers.Cryptr Directory Sync: deploy SCIM provisioning with your enterprise customers in a few minutes. Let your customer automatically onboard and offboard users on your SaaS without contacting your support. Their employees can instantly access your app, and their information are always up to date. | $1.3M | Pre-Seed | Jul 01, 2022 |  |
| Abyssale | Abyssale is a banner creation firm. They provide services that include automation, video, html5, personalized images, editing, spreadsheets, image forms, apis, QR codes, A/B testing, and analytics. | $679.8K | Seed | Nov 30, 2021 |  |
| Klub | Klub operates as a private wealth and private services platform. | $10.1M | Seed | May 10, 2021 |  |
| Joe | Joe is an financial service that reimburses and allows ALL expenses to be paid in several installments. | $1.2M | Seed | Apr 07, 2021 |  |
| Swan | Swan is a European fintech and innovation leader in embedded finance. Swan’s Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) is the easiest way for companies to embed banking features. Via Swan’s simple APIs, European companies can integrate banking services (accounts, cards, and payments) quickly and easily into their own product.Founded in 2019, the fintechprocesses over 200 million euros of transactions per month, for 60+ companies across ten European countries. Swan has over 100 employees and is led by fintech experts and experienced entrepreneurs: Nicolas Benady, Nicolas Saison and Mathieu Breton. The company was founded together with the startup studio eFounders and has received growth capital from leading VC investors such as Creandum and Accel. Swan is a Mastercard principal member and a licensed financial institution, regulated by the ACPR. | $5.9M | Seed | Sep 15, 2020 |  |
| Octo Gaming | BetOnYou is the first solution offered to all other gamers to monetize their their skills and time spent playing | $1.5M | Seed | Aug 25, 2020 |  |
| Memo Bank | Launched in 2020, Memo Bank is an independent French bank for transaction-intensive businesses accredited as a credit institution by the European Central Bank and regulated by the ACPR. We provide a comprehensive banking infrastructure that combines payment APIs and regulatory compliance. We enable finance departments to automate the management ofcomplex workflows and secure their operations at scale. | $21.2M | Series B | Jun 23, 2020 |  |
| Memo Bank | Launched in 2020, Memo Bank is an independent French bank for transaction-intensive businesses accredited as a credit institution by the European Central Bank and regulated by the ACPR. We provide a comprehensive banking infrastructure that combines payment APIs and regulatory compliance. We enable finance departments to automate the management ofcomplex workflows and secure their operations at scale. | $22.6M | Series A | Jun 23, 2020 |  |
| Taurus | Taurus SA is a Swiss FinTech, founded in April 2018, that provides enterprise-grade digital asset infrastructure to issue, custody, and trade any digital assets, including cryptocurrencies, tokenized assets, NFTs, and digital currencies. Taurus is a global leader in the banking segment, entrusted by the full spectrum of financial institutions:systemic banks, universal banks, online banks, crypto-banks, private banks, and broker-dealers. Taurus also operates a marketplace for private assets and tokenized securities. Taurus SA is a securities firm supervised and regulated by FINMA. TDX is an organized trading facility operated by Taurus. | $10.9M | Series A | Apr 30, 2020 |  |
| PayLead | PayLead embeds smart loyalty platform in banking digital channels. PayLead has created a two-sided ecosystem fueled by payment data, that brings together daily banking and performance marketing for retailers. PayLead offers a unique opportunity for retail advertisers to address millions of consumers across Europe with unprecedented targetingcapabilities.Since 2016 PayLead has changed the way consumers are experiencing cashback by creating an effortless, automatic and instant reward experience when they shop either online or in-store while turning payment data into value for marketers.PayLead operates over +30 automatic cashback programs for the largest retail banks, neo-banks, and consumer money apps in Europe (France, Spain and Belgium). | $6.7M | Series A | Mar 05, 2020 |  |

10 of 29 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Founders Future](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-future) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Kima Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kima-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [50 Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/50-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [BlackFin Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blackfin-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Daphni](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daphni) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Financiere Saint James](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/financiere-saint-james) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Leeto

VC Fund · Paris, France

Clan empowers companies to take care of their employees. We are building the future of employees benefits by providing companies with an innovative banking & SaaS platform to manage their employee benefits.

5 contacts available at Leeto.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alban Porcheron | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alban-porcheron |
| Arthur Reboul | Co-Founder & DG | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arthur-reboul |
| Benjamin Netter | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benjamin-netter |
| Benoit Portoleau-Balloy | Co-Founder & CRO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benoit-portoleau |
| Guillaume Lestrade | Co founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/guillaume-lestrade |

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## FAQ

### What does Guillaume Lestrade invest in?

Guillaume Lestrade invests primarily in FinTech, Software and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 29 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Guillaume Lestrade's check size?

Guillaume Lestrade typically joins rounds of $658k–$5.5M at Seed, $549k–$2.2M at Pre-Seed and $6.7M–$23M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Guillaume Lestrade participates in.

### When did Guillaume Lestrade last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Guillaume Lestrade closed in Jul 2022. Shizune tracks 29 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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