Agileday lands €6.4 million to modernise professional services with AI
Espoo-based technology company Agileday has raised €6.4 million in a Series A funding round to accelerate the global rollout of its AI operating platform for professional services firms. The fresh capital will be used to drive international expansion and to overhaul how consulting, IT services, legal, accounting, and other knowledge-intensive organisations plan, deliver, and scale their work.
The round was led by Dutch venture capital firm Newion, with participation from Specialist VC, Vendep Capital, and the Finnish innovation agency Business Finland. Founded in 2022 by industry operators Jaakko Hartikainen and Mikko (surname not disclosed in the source text), Agileday is positioning itself as a core system of record and intelligence layer for professional services operations.
Backing an AI-native operating platform
Explaining the investment thesis, Newion associate Anton Keller highlighted the strength of the product and the founders’ domain expertise.
“Agileday is redefining how professional services firms prepare for the future. The founders have lived the challenges of running service companies themselves, and that firsthand experience shows in a product that genuinely addresses real pain points and helps firms reach the next level. With strong product–market fit, an exceptional customer win rate, and rapid international growth, Agileday’s AI-powered platform is well-positioned to scale across Europe and North America,” said Anton Keller.
The funding signals growing investor confidence in specialised AI software that targets the operational backbone of services businesses, rather than generic productivity tools. By combining resource management, project planning, capacity forecasting, and financial performance insights into a single AI-native platform, Agileday aims to replace the fragmented spreadsheets and disconnected legacy tools that still dominate much of the sector.
Targeting the pain points of professional services
Professional services firms face a unique mix of operational challenges: they sell time and expertise, manage complex multi-project portfolios, and depend heavily on accurate utilisation, margin, and capacity planning. Small miscalculations in staffing, pricing, or scope can quickly erode profitability.
Agileday is building an AI operating platform designed specifically to tackle these issues. While full product details were not disclosed, the platform is understood to focus on:
- Intelligent resource allocation – matching the right experts to the right projects based on skills, availability, and commercial priorities.
- Predictive forecasting – using AI algorithms to anticipate demand, capacity bottlenecks, and revenue scenarios.
- Real-time performance visibility – providing leaders with live data on project profitability, billable utilisation, and pipeline health.
- Automation of routine workflows – reducing manual reporting and administration that typically consumes valuable billable hours.
By centralising these workflows, Agileday aims to give partners, project managers, and operations leaders a single source of truth from which to make faster, better-informed decisions.
Riding the AI wave in a traditional industry
Despite their reliance on skilled knowledge workers, many professional services organisations are still run on spreadsheets, basic ERP systems, or tools originally built for generic project management rather than services-centric business models. The rapid rise of AI is now pressuring firms to modernise their operating stacks or risk losing margin and talent to more data-driven competitors.
Platforms like Agileday are emerging as a response to this shift, embedding machine learning and predictive analytics into everyday decision-making. Instead of simply tracking hours worked, the focus is moving towards proactive optimisation of pricing, staffing, and project scope based on historical and real-time data.
For mid-sized firms in particular, access to an AI-powered operating platform can help close the gap with large global players that have traditionally relied on bespoke systems and in-house analytics teams.
Global expansion plans
With the new funding, Agileday plans to accelerate its go-to-market strategy in Europe and North America, two of the world’s largest and most competitive professional services regions. The company is expected to invest in:
- Scaling its product and engineering teams to deepen AI capabilities and integrations.
- Building out sales and customer success operations focused on consulting, IT services, and other project-based firms.
- Strengthening partnerships with complementary SaaS tools used by service companies, such as CRM, time-tracking, and financial systems.
Though specific customer names were not disclosed, references to a strong customer win rate and rapid international growth suggest that Agileday has already secured traction beyond its Finnish home market.
Finland’s growing profile in B2B SaaS and AI
The investment into Agileday also reflects Finland’s strengthening position as a hub for B2B SaaS and AI innovation. Backing from local and regional investors such as Vendep Capital, Specialist VC, and Business Finland underlines the strategic importance of export-ready software companies to the Finnish economy.
As global demand grows for specialised AI platforms that can deliver measurable operational improvements, companies like Agileday are set to play a central role in reshaping how service-based businesses are run. For professional services leaders grappling with margin pressure, talent shortages, and increasingly complex client demands, the race to adopt AI-native operating systems is rapidly becoming a board-level priority.
With a fresh €6.4 million in capital and a clear focus on the needs of service firms, Agileday is positioning itself as one of the emerging contenders in this fast-evolving category.