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Corporate development and operations for privately owned businesses

Giacomo Sepe

Shareholders I work with want to see their companies scale but face some usual challenges: lack of procedures, management drowning in too many technology options, lack of data leading to financial uncertainty, pressure on service delivery threatening service quality, operations not scaling as fast as revenue, cost growing with revenue, and often messaging addressing as many different clients as possibile that creates undifferentiated offering and positioning confusion.

In order to generate value for shareholders, managers need to build modern, scalable, and predictable operations and sharp, clear, differentiated messaging. Solutions need to be viable, valuable and feasible. And always more. Need to incorporate sustainability and technology.

As an operator working for shareholders, I support the execution of all aspects leading to building modern and sustainable companies, from investments in technology to building entirely new businesses.

I own execution from start to finish, as a product manager or as an operations executive. My goal is to give shareholders scalable and sustainable businesses, which always translate into significantly higher valuations for their companies.

15 years as operations and product manager or CEO entrepreneurial companies (Simmetrico, Flamme, Arkadia), portfolio manager at 2 private equity investment firms (EQValue e Hines), 5 years in finance (Merrill Lynch e UBS). MBA Columbia University

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IPE holding family office — COO, Cotolicious (IPE Holdings portfolio company) - Built financial dashboards, streamlined operations, launched e-commerce. Successfully prepared and executed company sale.

De Picciotto family office — Managed investment portfolio across 5 companies (hospitality, entertainment). Supported partnerships and divestments.

Simmetrico - Redesigned org structure, built cash flow dashboard, launched new service line. Improved bank negotiations, sold product rights to Chinese distributor.

Chamilia - (acquired by Swarovski) — Head of Commerce: Commercial leadership during growth phase and acquisition.

EQValue Private equity investment club - Originated and closed 4 investments (€1-10M). Improved portfolio company performance metrics 5-10% pre-exit.

Fineurop Soditic - Originated and executed deals worth €30M and €80M for private equity clients.