Marco Mizzau is a veteran CEO and strategic leader with more than 26 years of experience operating at the crossroads of finance, industry, and innovation. Known for leading turnarounds, executing growth strategies, and delivering record-breaking financial results. His career spans leadership roles in institutional finance (CEO of Inarcassa), public-private innovation (CEO of Consip), and industry (COO of Campus Bio-Medico Holding), consistently fusing capital with strategic foresight.

Today, he is also the Chairman of Privatequity AI, a visionary research-driven initiative that aims to redefine private markets through artificial intelligence.

 

Engineering the Future of Private Equity with AI, Industry & Intelligence

At the core of Privatequity AI lies a bold, transformative idea: to rethink private equity through artificial intelligence, not by offering consulting services or selling software, but by redesigning the infrastructure of capital itself.

Privatequity AI is not a traditional startup or advisory firm. It functions as a research-led innovation lab and strategic experimentation hub that seeks to unlock AI’s full potential in private markets. Its mission is to empower a new class of “augmented advisors” professionals who use AI not simply as a tool, but as a decision-making operating system for faster insights and smarter capital allocation.

Under the chairmanship of Marco Mizzau, this initiative reflects a long-term vision: to build the next-generation infrastructure of financial intelligence, much like Anthropic and Hugging Face have done in their respective domains.

“We’re not building another advisory firm; we’re building the future infrastructure of financial intelligence.”

Privatequity AI operates as a non-commercial research hub, with potential to evolve like Anthropic into a fully operational enterprise if its purpose, technological vision, and systemic utility converge.

 

Rethinking Strategic Leadership in the Age of AI

Marco Mizzau believes that artificial intelligence will not replace human value, it will amplify it. He often asserts:

“AI won’t take your job. But someone who knows how to use it will.”

In his view, the future belongs to augmented leaders, those who embed AI into their thinking, expanding strategic vision, creative capacity, and operational accuracy. Quoting the World Economic Forum, Mr. Mizzau notes that by 2030, leaders will need two critical skill sets: deep digital literacy and profound human capabilities such as empathy, imagination, and critical thinking.

He warns that traditional leadership, detached from technological fluency, is becoming obsolete:

“Too many CEOs still outsource their digital soul to IT departments.”

Reimagining Private Equity

With a strong background in institutional capital, Mr. Mizzau understands the misalignment between private equity and SMEs. Many founders still view PE as distant and transactional. Marco Mizzau urges a new approach:

“True private equity is industrial storytelling backed by capital.”

He champions a version of private equity rooted in long-term value creation, focused not only on EBITDA multiples but on jobs, industrial transformation, and legacy building. He calls for shifting PE from financial engineering to strategic partnership.

 

The Birth of Privatequity AI: A Living Lab for the Future of Capital

Privatequity AI was born from Mr. Mizzau’s belief that fragmented private markets, especially in Europe, need a radical redesign. Traditional deal sourcing and due diligence are slow, costly, and inaccessible to many promising SMEs.

Privatequity AI operates as a living lab, experimenting with AI-powered agents capable of autonomously scanning markets, profiling companies, and accelerating investment workflows. Inspired by LangChain and Hugging Face, it brings research-first rigor into real-world private capital dynamics.

Its core thesis:

1. Fragmented private markets are inefficient — AI can eliminate silos and manual bottlenecks.
2. Machine learning can democratize access — enabling more SMEs and investors to connect.
3. Data-driven frameworks accelerate decisions — maintaining clarity without sacrificing rigor.
4. Open experimentation drives innovation — fostering a community of collaborative builders.

Creating Real Economic Impact

Mr. Mizzau envisions an economic engine driven by AI-augmented infrastructure:

• Predictive maintenance cutting downtime by 40%
• AI-enabled procurement optimizing billions in public spending
• Private equity becoming a force for operational and cultural transformation

He is convinced that Europe’s vast SME base can be unlocked through the right combination of data, capital, and code bridging institutional capital with local entrepreneurship.

 

Empowering SMEs and Investors Alike

Privatequity AI is also developing a no-code platform to help SMEs deploy AI assistants for internal operations, lead generation, and customer interaction — without needing technical teams.

On the investor side, it offers:

• Automated deal sourcing
• Rapid investment evaluation
• Intelligent matchmaking

This creates a transparent, data-rich pipeline — reducing time, cost, and risk.

 

Disrupting Legacy Systems and Advisory Models

Two core innovations fuel the platform’s disruptive potential:

• Democratization of AI: Enabling small and mid-sized firms to access smart automation.
• Intelligent Deal Flow: Matching startups and investors through dynamic algorithms, replacing outdated networks with predictive fit.

 

Staying Ahead: The Privatequity AI Strategy

To stay agile and essential, Mr. Mizzau employs a three-pillar strategy:

1. Living Lab Ethos – Continuous experimentation with real-time feedback
2. Modular Tools – Designed to adapt to regulation, tech shifts, and user needs
3. Client Co-Creation – Involving early users in product refinement and roadmap evolution

 

A Global Perspective on Growth

Mr. Mizzau’s global thinking complements his technical foresight.

“Think global. Build industrial.”

He sees China leading in infrastructure and AI, Africa as the next entrepreneurial frontier, and Europe as the bridge — filled with scale-ready SMEs waiting for modern capital solutions.

 

Final Thoughts from a Radical Builder

Mr. Mizzau closes with a manifesto for builders in the age of intelligent capital:

Your startup isn’t small; it’s just unstructured.
Your factory isn’t old; it’s just not augmented.
Your vision isn’t too ambitious; it’s just waiting for execution.

In his eyes, success in the next decade will go to those who start imperfectly, but never stop. Strategy will no longer be about defending the past — it will be about building the infrastructure of the future.

Learn more at: www.marcomizzau.com

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