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Cobalt Advises Karma Ventures on Investment in Jobbatical

Cobalt Advises Karma Ventures on Investment in Jobbatical

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Cobalt has advised Karma Ventures on its investment in employee relocation management start-up Jobbatical.

According to Cobalt, “the EUR 11.6 million funding round was led by venture capital fund Inventure and included Karma Ventures, Metaplanet, Devotion Ventures, Swiss Post Ventures, Union Square Ventures, and some well-known Estonian angel investors.”

Jobbatical, founded by Estonian entrepreneurs Karoli Hindriks and Ronald Hindriks, and Ankur Agarwal, offers employee relocation and immigration process services.

Karma Ventures is a venture capital fund specializing in late-seed and A-round investments in technology start-ups in Europe.

Cobalt’s team included Partner Kristel Raidla-Talur, Specialist Counsel Greete-Kristiine Kuru, and Associate Johanna Lumiste.

Cobalt did not respond to our inquiry on the matter.

Editor's Note: After this article was published, TGS Baltic announced that it had advised Inventure on leading the investment round. The firm's team included Partner Sander Karson and Senior Associates Mirko Kikkamagi, Maris Alt, and Mari-Liis Orav.

Cobalt at a Glance

COBALT is a closely integrated alliance of top-tier law offices across the Baltics, uniting more than 250 attorneys and support staff. During 25 years of experience, we have become a strategic partner to our clients in handling both daily matters and complex large–scale transactions and disputes.

The firm’s broad spectrum of expertise and established position as the market leader gives a comprehensive basis for providing full-service business law advice.

Top international and regional businesses, financial institutions, state and local governments, and the region’s most promising start-ups are among our clients. We offer leading-edge solutions in key industry sectors: Consumer Products, Trade & Distribution, Real Estate & Construction, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare, Energy & Utilities, Communications, Media & Technologies, Financial Services, Transport & Logistics.

COBALT has been named Baltic Law Firm of the Year 7 times receiving Chambers Europe, IFLR, The Lawyer and Mergermarket awards, and we are regularly listed amongst the top-performing M&A legal advisors in the Bloomberg, Refinitiv and Mergermarket deal tables. Recognized as the No.1 Lithuanian law firm in the Prospera Law Firm Review 2021 and No. 1 law firm in Latvia in 2022, 2020, 2019, and 2018 client satisfaction surveys. We were recognized as a Baltic-wide Law Firm of the Year at the 2022 Chambers Europe Awards ceremony and named the Baltic States Tax Firm of the Year and Pro Bono Firm of the Year at the annual ITR EMEA Tax Awards 2021 ceremony. 

More information on COBALT can be found at www.cobalt.legal.