Guillaume Lautour is an enthusiastic supporter of young companies built on product innovation. He has invested in more than 20 early stage Internet and Telecom startups for the last 10 years at AGF Private Equity. AGF Private Equity, a member of Allianz, is based in Paris and manages Euro 2.5 billion, of which over Euro 500 million in Venture Capital for Europe.

Guillaume currently sits on the boards of Deezer (music on demand), TravelHorizon (online ski tour operator), Mentum (mobile network radio planning), eRepublik (social strategy game), Yoono (social network aggregator) and Questico (online personal coaching). His other investments include: Dailymotion (video sharing portal), Steek (online backup for ISPs, sold to F-Secure), Travelprice (online travel, sold to Lastminute.com), Telisma (voice recognition, sold to OnMobile), Fluxus (hosting, sold to British Telecom), Mediapps (portal solution, sold to EverTeam) and OneAccess (enterprise routers).

Prior to joining AGF Private Equity, Guillaume Lautour developed for 2 years a practice in Industrial Project Management in Beijing, China and worked for 5 years in technology investment banking in Paris and New York. He started his career as an option trader and graduated in Telecommunications Engineering, Economics and Actuarial Studies.