[2] Pizzati was born in Valdagno, the son of Giulio Pizzati, one of the earliest members of Liga Veneta (and later of Liga Federativa Veneta),[3] In 1990 Lodovico was an activist of Veneto Autonomous Region Movement, his father's party at the time.
[citation needed] Shortly after, he went to California, United States to study at a local high school.
[9] A lapsed voter (living abroad for years), Pizzati had voted just twice during his life (Liga Veneta Repubblica in 1999 and North-East Project in 2006) before entering politics.
In September 2010 Pizzati was elected secretary of Veneto State (VS), the result of the merger of the PNV with other separatist groups.
[4][5] As VS leader he conceived some provoking initiatives, such as the "Monument of the Entrepreneur" (exposed in Arzignano in protest to Italian high taxation on business)[10] and the so-called "fiscal trips" (bus trips to neighbouring Austria and Slovenia, during which participants had the chance to open bank accounts).