Webidoo raises $25m to build an ‘AI operating layer’ for small businesses

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The Milan- and Chicago-based startup, backed by Azimut Libera Impresa’s IXC3 fund, plans to scale agentic AI for SMBs and pursue acquisitions in the US.

Webidoo, an Italian-American AI company building software for small and medium-sized businesses, has closed a $25m funding round led by the IXC3 fund managed by Azimut Libera Impresa SGR.

The investment, equivalent to roughly €21m at current rates, is among the larger AI raises for an SMB-focused European outfit so far this year.

The company, headquartered in Milan with a second office in Chicago, said it would use the capital to scale what it calls its AI operating layer for small businesses, fold in agentic AI for the automated execution of core business processes, and back acquisitions of SaaS and marketing companies in the United States.

Andrea Cornetti, Azimut Group’s chief executive for real estate and infrastructure, said in a statement that the deal reflected...

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