Webidoo raises $25M for AI operating layer aimed at small businesses
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– Webidoo, an Italian-American AI startup for SMBs, raised a $25 million funding round led by Azimut Libera Impresa’s IXC3 fund.
– The company plans to scale its AI operating layer, integrate agentic AI for automating business processes, and pursue SaaS and marketing acquisitions in the US.
– Webidoo reported over $18 million in revenue and more than $3 million in EBITDA in 2025, positioning it as a profitable scale-up.
– The platform acts as a glue for disconnected SaaS tools, with internal data showing SMBs achieving over 40% productivity gains through AI integration.
– The US expansion strategy involves acquiring companies with existing customer relationships and layering Webidoo’s platform on top.
Webidoo, the Italian-American artificial intelligence company serving small and medium-sized businesses, has secured $25 million in Series C funding from the IXC3 fund, managed by Azimut Libera Impresa SGR. The round, equivalent to roughly €21 million at current exchange rates, ranks among the largest AI raises for a Europe-based SMB-focused startup this year.
Headquartered in Milan with a second office in Chicago, Webidoo plans to deploy the capital to expand what it calls its AI operating layer for small businesses. The company intends to integrate agentic AI to automate core business processes and pursue acquisitions of SaaS and marketing companies in the United States.
Andrea Cornetti, CEO of real estate and infrastructure at Azimut Group, described the investment as a natural fit for IXC3’s strategy of backing Italian SMEs with international ambition. In a statement, he highlighted Webidoo’s focus on measurable results and its potential for global scalability.
The financials behind the raise are notably concrete for an AI startup at this stage. Webidoo disclosed more than $18 million in revenue in 2025 and over $3 million in EBITDA. That combination of paid revenue, positive earnings, and growth-stage backing places the company closer to a profitable scale-up than most loss-leading AI peers.
The core problem Webidoo solves, according to its pitch, is that small businesses accumulate a fragmented stack of disconnected SaaS tools. The lack of integration between them, the company argues, costs more in lost productivity than any individual tool provides. Webidoo’s platform positions itself as that missing glue, using agentic AI to automate routine workflows that would otherwise require human handoffs.
Internal customer data, the company has previously claimed, shows that SMEs integrating AI through its platform see productivity gains exceeding 40%.
The U. S. expansion strategy is the most intriguing element. European tech has long debated how to grow beyond home markets without losing local footing. Webidoo is taking a direct approach: acquiring SaaS and marketing companies in the U. S. that already have customer relationships, then layering its own platform on top. Success will depend on the price discipline of those acquisitions and the integration costs the company absorbs.
Azimut Libera Impresa’s IXC3 fund, formally Imprese per la Crescita 3, operates within the listed Azimut Group’s private-markets unit. Its mandate is to back Italian SMEs with international growth plans. Webidoo now joins a small but expanding set of European AI companies whose investors also serve as distribution partners.
(Source: The Next Web)