Munich \u2014 Norton Rose Fulbright has advi\u00adsed mobi\u00adlity budget startup MOBIKO GmbH on a finan\u00adcing round by Swiss insu\u00adrance group Baloise. Baloise invests a seven-figure sum in MOBIKO. In addi\u00adtion to Baloise and the exis\u00adting inves\u00adtors Audi Busi\u00adness Inno\u00adva\u00adtion GmbH and mantro GmbH, the startup Family Office based in Wein\u00adgar\u00adten is also invol\u00adved in the finan\u00adcing round.<\/p>\n
The startup company MOBIKO (short for mobi\u00adlity quota) offers employ\u00aders a monthly flexi\u00adble digi\u00adtal mobi\u00adlity budget for all employees. With this tool, each employee uses his or her budget indi\u00advi\u00addu\u00adally and is rewarded for envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtally friendly mobi\u00adlity beha\u00advior. MOBIKO was deve\u00adlo\u00adped by Audi Busi\u00adness Inno\u00adva\u00adtion toge\u00adther with the Munich-based company mantro and spun off as an inde\u00adpen\u00addent GmbH in 2018.<\/p>\n
Audi Busi\u00adness Inno\u00adva\u00adtion GmbH (ABI) is a wholly owned subsi\u00addiary of AUDI AG and focu\u00adses on the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment and imple\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtion of digi\u00adtal concepts and products. ABI provi\u00addes relia\u00adble IT plat\u00adforms for AUDI AG and the Volks\u00adwa\u00adgen Group.<\/p>\n
mantro GmbH, based in Munich, supports medium-sized compa\u00adnies and corpo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons in the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of new digi\u00adtal busi\u00adness models. With more than 16 years of expe\u00adri\u00adence and 28 foun\u00added ventures, mantro has become a specia\u00adlist for digi\u00adta\u00adliza\u00adtion and company building.<\/p>\n
The Startup Family Office builds up young compa\u00adnies with venture capi\u00adtal and active support from expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adced entre\u00adpre\u00adneurs from medium-sized busi\u00adnesses in a targe\u00adted manner and supports foun\u00adders holi\u00adsti\u00adcally, effec\u00adtively and sustain\u00adably in the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of inno\u00adva\u00adtive solutions.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe concept of MOBIKO convin\u00adced us, as it can change the mobi\u00adlity of compa\u00adnies and their employees in a sustainable way. With MOBI\u00adKO\u2019s mobi\u00adlity budget, employ\u00aders can cover the indi\u00advi\u00addual needs of their employees and consider all mobi\u00adlity solu\u00adti\u00adons. This maxi\u00admum flexi\u00adbi\u00adlity, combi\u00adned with incen\u00adti\u00adves, leads to signi\u00adfi\u00adcantly more envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtally friendly mobi\u00adlity beha\u00advior,\u201d says Patrick Wirth (photo), Head of Mobi\u00adlity Unit at Baloise<\/strong>. The Swiss insu\u00adrance group Baloise employs around 7,700 people and is among the top 5 Swiss insu\u00adr\u00aders for private indi\u00advi\u00addu\u00adals and compa\u00adnies. Baloise was foun\u00added in 1863 and gene\u00adra\u00adtes annual sales of appro\u00adxi\u00adm\u00adately CHF 9 billion. Core markets are Switz\u00ader\u00adland, Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg.<\/p>\n Advi\u00adsors to MOBIKO GmbH: Norton Rose Fulbright<\/strong> Audi<\/strong> was advi\u00adsed on the tran\u00adsac\u00adtion by the law firm GLNS<\/strong> in Munich.<\/p>\n Advi\u00adsor Baloise: Law firm YPOG<\/strong>, Berlin<\/p>\n About Norton Rose Fulbright<\/strong><\/p>\n Norton Rose Fulbright is a global busi\u00adness law firm. With more than 4,000 lawy\u00aders in over 50 offices world\u00adwide in Europe, the United States, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Austra\u00adlia, Africa and the Middle East, we advise leading natio\u00adnal and inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal companies.<\/p>\n We offer our clients compre\u00adhen\u00adsive advice in all major indus\u00adtries. These include Finan\u00adcial Insti\u00adtu\u00adti\u00adons; Energy; Infra\u00adstruc\u00adture, Mining and Commo\u00addi\u00adties; Trans\u00adpor\u00adta\u00adtion; Tech\u00adno\u00adlogy and Inno\u00adva\u00adtion; and Life Scien\u00adces and Health\u00adcare. Our global Risk Advi\u00adsory Group combi\u00adnes this exten\u00adsive indus\u00adtry expe\u00adri\u00adence with its exper\u00adtise in legal, regu\u00adla\u00adtory, compli\u00adance and gover\u00adnance matters. This enables us to provide our clients with prac\u00adti\u00adcal solu\u00adti\u00adons to the legal and regu\u00adla\u00adtory risks they face.<\/p>\n The Swiss asso\u00adcia\u00adtion Norton Rose Fulbright helps to coor\u00addi\u00adnate the acti\u00advi\u00adties of Norton Rose Fulbright members, but does not provide legal advice to clients. Norton Rose Fulbright has offices in more than 50 cities world\u00adwide, inclu\u00adding London, Hous\u00adton, New York, Toronto, Mexico City, Hong Kong, Sydney and Johan\u00adnes\u00adburg. www.nortonrosefulbright.com\/legal-notices<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Munich \u2014 Norton Rose Fulbright has advi\u00adsed mobi\u00adlity budget startup MOBIKO GmbH on a finan\u00adcing round by Swiss insu\u00adrance group Baloise. Baloise invests a seven-figure sum in MOBIKO. In addi\u00adtion to Baloise and the exis\u00adting inves\u00adtors Audi Busi\u00adness Inno\u00adva\u00adtion GmbH and mantro GmbH, the startup Family Office based in Wein\u00adgar\u00adten is also invol\u00adved in the [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39450,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[886,1364,1366,1367,1369,1373],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-en","category-featured-en","category-news-en","category-lawyers-tax-advisors-auditors-en","category-investors","category-venture-capital-en","news-category-venture-capital-news"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nLead Part\u00adner Sebas\u00adtian Frech (Corpo\u00adrate, M&A, Venture Capital);
\nPart\u00adner Dr. Tim Scha\u00adper (Anti\u00adtrust), Asso\u00adcia\u00adtes Sebas\u00adtian Eisen\u00adhut (Corpo\u00adrate, M&A, Venture Capi\u00adtal), Mari\u00adanne Milo\u00adva\u00adnov (Corpo\u00adrate, M&A, Venture Capi\u00adtal) and Rese\u00adarch Asso\u00adciate Dennis Hoetzl.<\/p>\n