Having spent nearly the entirety of her career in corporate venturing, Lisa Müller is as close to a pure corporate venturer as you are likely to get.
Graduating from the Technical University of Munich with a degree in entrepreneurial finance, technology and innovation management in 2011, Müller spent a brief two months at venture firm BambooVentures immediately after finishing her degree before making the jump to US-listed industrials group 3M’s venturing unit, 3M New Ventures, in Munich, Germany, where she remained until last year. Müller worked on a number of deals while at the unit, most notably the $5.6m round for Canada-based chipset manufacturer Smart Energy Investments.
In July 2015, Müller made the jump to 7Commerce, the corporate venturing unit of Germany-based media firm ProSiebenSat.1. While still new in the role, Müller clearly has the background and momentum to become a major star in the industry as her career develops.