Lisa Hengerer
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- Full Name
- Lisa Collet (née Hengerer)
- Title
- Senior Principal, Smart Industries
- Firm
- Gimv
- Firm Type
- Listed European private equity / growth-capital investment company (NOT an angel investor — the stub's "Angel Investors" classification is incorrect)
- Investment Stage
- Growth capital and buyouts of established SMEs (not seed, contrary to the stub)
- Check Size
- Gimv typically deploys ~EUR 5 million to EUR 150 million of capital per company
- Target Company Profile
- Small- to medium-sized companies with a solid market position, strong growth potential, and management teams combining deep technical/technological know-how with business acumen
- Sector Focus
- Smart Industries — innovative engineering and intelligent technologies; sector clusters include energy & environment, building & materials (incl. chemicals), infrastructure installation, and transport & logistics
- Geographic Focus
- DACH region (Germany/Austria/Switzerland), plus Benelux and France
- Location
- Munich, Germany (Karlstraße 12, 80333 Munich)
Background
Lisa Collet, who previously went by Lisa Hengerer, is a Senior Principal on Gimv's Smart Industries investment platform, based in the firm's Munich office. She joined Gimv in October 2017 and has progressed from Principal to Senior Principal, focusing on industrial and technology-driven growth companies in German-speaking Europe.
Before Gimv, she worked in corporate M&A. She served as a project manager in Mergers & Acquisitions at Munich Re (Group) and in Group Development & Strategy / M&A at Commerzbank AG, where — per Gimv's description — she "successfully executed numerous buy- and sell-side transactions across Europe" and managed strategic business-realignment initiatives.
She holds both a BSc in General Management and an MSc in Business & Law from EBS University of Business and Law in Oestrich-Winkel, Germany.
As part of her role she takes governance seats on Gimv's Smart Industries portfolio companies, acting as a board or advisory-board member and, in one case, as a supervisory-board observer.
Investment Thesis & Focus
- Invests through Gimv's Smart Industries platform in companies that "stand out in their sectors with innovative engineering and intelligent technologies."
- The team's stated "winning formula": backing "entrepreneurs and management teams that combine deep technical and technological knowledge with sound business acumen."
- Sector clusters: energy & environment; building & materials (incl. chemicals); infrastructure installation; transport & logistics.
- Stage/style: growth capital and majority buyouts of established, profitable SMEs — not early-stage/seed angel checks.
- Capital range at the firm level: roughly EUR 5M–150M per company; Gimv holds ~60 portfolio companies (combined turnover ~EUR 4.5bn, 20,000+ employees).
- Geography: primarily DACH, Benelux, and France.
Notable Investments
- Laser 2000 GmbH — Gimv acquired a majority (~75%) stake in this leading independent European supplier of laser and photonics solutions (founded 1986); Collet sits on its advisory board.
- Smart Battery Solutions GmbH — developer/manufacturer of lithium-ion battery systems in the low-voltage (≤60V) segment (founded 2010); she serves on its advisory board.
- WDM Deutenberg Group (WDM Wolfshagener Draht- und Metallverarbeitung) — wire and metal-processing group; she represents Gimv as a board member.
- Variotech GmbH — Smart Industries portfolio company where she has held a board seat.
- thinkstep AG — Stuttgart-based sustainability-software specialist; she was a supervisory-board observer. Gimv later exited (sold its stake in) thinkstep.
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