# Laurent Ritter

> Laurent Ritter is a seed investor at Voodoo (Paris) backing FinTech and Software. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Voodoo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/voodoo-e334)
- Location: Paris, France
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Apr 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurent-ritter-4200163b
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/_lritter
- Website: https://x.com/_lritter

Laurent Ritter is a seed investor at Voodoo in Paris focused on FinTech and Software. Laurent Ritter - Founder @ Voodoo

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$11M |
| Series A | $7.2M–$16M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 3 | 25% |
| Software | 3 | 25% |
| InsurTech | 2 | 17% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 17% |
| Apps | 1 | 8% |

27 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 7 | 58% |
| Series A | 3 | 25% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| France | 9 | 75% |
| United States | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Grâce | Grâce offers innovative insurance solutions to enhance customer experience and improve process efficiency. | $6.5M | Seed | Apr 03, 2025 |  |
| Sekai Studio | We are creating next-level entertainment for Anime fans between episodes. | $10.9M | Seed | Jul 11, 2024 |  |
| Aria | On a mission to help small businesses grow exponentially with Payment-terms-as-a-Service. At Aria, we believe that: - When payments go fast, businesses grow fast - it’s that simple! - Managing payments and credits at scale is the way for endless growth - our API offers high stability and extensible limits - The service and support of our teamsis just as important as the financing solution we provide - we’re not just another tech product Aria was founded in 2020 and is based in Paris, France. | $16.2M | Series A | Dec 12, 2023 |  |
| Promyze | Promyze is a platform and tool for software development practices. | $1M | Seed | Nov 17, 2023 |  |
| Flitter | Flitter is a neo-insurance company that provides pay-per-mile insurance and connected technology. | $3.8M | Seed | Nov 06, 2023 |  |
| MentorShow | Mentor Show offers online course, Whether you want to improve your cooking, your football skills, your magic, or even your mental strength, you'll be able to learn from the very best, like Karim Benzema, Hélène Darroze, Kev Adams, and many more.. | $16M | Series A | Mar 10, 2023 |  |
| Omi | Omi platform is designed for today's marketer and requires no technical skills. | $6.3M | Seed | Jun 27, 2022 |  |
| Mansa | Mansa allows freelancers and gig workers borrow money with fair pricing and a genuine user experience. | $7.2M | Series A | Mar 01, 2021 |  |
| YZR | YZR is a saas platform designed to enable business people to prepare their own data. 3 features : - Standardisation : rewrite textual data, the standard way - Labeling : applies featured labels based on a active learning process - Fuzzy matching : matches groups of words (for ex: product descriptions)YZR makes data standard, labeled and matchedeven without top down data governance.YZR performs automatic data preparation through an API, designed to be integrated in any data infrastructure. | $2.2M | Seed | Jan 09, 2021 |  |
| YZR | YZR is a saas platform designed to enable business people to prepare their own data. 3 features : - Standardisation : rewrite textual data, the standard way - Labeling : applies featured labels based on a active learning process - Fuzzy matching : matches groups of words (for ex: product descriptions)YZR makes data standard, labeled and matchedeven without top down data governance.YZR performs automatic data preparation through an API, designed to be integrated in any data infrastructure. | $2.3M | Seed | Dec 04, 2020 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Purple](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/purple-8123) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Motier Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/motier-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Kima Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kima-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Pareto Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pareto-holdings) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [a16z Scout Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a16z-scout-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AA Sons](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aa-sons) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Voodoo

VC Fund · Paris, France

Voodoo is a tech company that creates mobile games and apps. With 7 billion downloads and over 150 million monthly active users, Voodoo is the #3 mobile publisher worldwide in terms of downloads after Google and Meta.The company is one of the most impressive examples of hypergrowth in the ecosystem, having raised over $1B and backed by GoldmanSachs, Tencent, and GBL.Voodoo is now a team of over 750 employees worldwide, we’re looking for talented individuals from across the globe to join.

5 contacts available at Voodoo.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alison Puren | Talent Acquisition Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alison-puren |
| Thomas Dubreuil | Lead Publishing Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thomas-dubreuil |
| Alexandre Yazdi | Co-Founder and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexandre-yazdi |
| Corentin Selz | Publishing Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/corentin-selz |
| David Ribeiro | Head of user acquisition and ad monetization | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-ribeiro |

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## FAQ

### What does Laurent Ritter invest in?

Laurent Ritter invests primarily in FinTech, Software and InsurTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Laurent Ritter's check size?

Laurent Ritter typically joins rounds of $1M–$11M at Seed and $7.2M–$16M 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 Laurent Ritter participates in.

### When did Laurent Ritter last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Laurent Ritter closed in Apr 2025. Shizune tracks 12 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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