Welcome to another episode of Category Visionaries — the show that explores GTM stories from tech's most innovative B2B founders. In today's episode, we're speaking with Karoli Hindriks, Founder of Jobbatical, a relocation visa support platform that has raised $23 Million in funding.
Here are the most interesting points from our conversation:
- Simplifying Global Mobility: Jobbatical is working to make relocating to a new country as simple as booking a flight, leveraging AI and automation to streamline the employee visa process, cutting costs and reducing friction for both individuals and HR teams.
- Pivoting to Meet Customer Needs: Originally starting as a cross-border recruitment platform, Jobbatical pivoted in 2019 to focus solely on solving the relocation challenges their customers highlighted, such as visa management.
- Embracing Borderless Living Technology: Karoli describes Jobbatical as a creator of “borderless living technology,” aiming to build a new category that transcends traditional immigration tech and adapts to the modern, highly mobile workforce.
- Service Layer on Top of SaaS: Jobbatical blends software with a service layer, automating tasks like filling out visa forms and reducing manual work, significantly enhancing the user experience.
- Tackling Legacy Providers: Jobbatical is disrupting both large immigration law firms and internal HR teams by offering a more cost-effective and seamless solution to global relocation.
- Future Vision: Karoli envisions a world where the current paper passport becomes obsolete, replaced by a digital identity that makes global relocation frictionless, supported by AI-driven platforms like Jobbatical.