# Branch International

> Mobile-first lending and financial services for emerging markets (Branch.co).

## Why it is interesting

Kiva-founder team scaling smartphone-underwritten credit across Africa and India — a16z-led A before Visa-backed Series C.

## Profile

- **Stage:** growth
- **Status:** private
- **Industries:** fintech
- **Coverage:** full
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-24

## Key facts

- Series A (Mar 2016): $9.2M led by a16z for Kenya mobile lending (TechCrunch)
- Series C (Apr 2019): $170M led by Foundation Capital and Visa; a16z re-upped (Nasdaq PR)
- Co-investors not in VCT directory: Foundation Capital, Visa Ventures, Formation 8, Trinity Ventures
- Source: https://a16z.com/announcement/branch/

## Investors in our directory

- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz
- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/fund/b-capital-group
- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/fund/khosla-ventures

## Related articles

- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/2026-a16z-hot-portfolio-companies

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Source: https://venturecapitaltracker.com/startup/branch-international