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title: "Formation 8"
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# Formation 8

Formation 8 is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Joe Lonsdale, Jim Kim, and Brian Koo. It has been headquartered in San Francisco, California, and has maintained a strong presence in the United States and Asia. The firm focuses on supporting entrepreneurs who are building market leading smart enterprise and energy technology companies, providing both financial and strategic capital as well as operational expertise to help them scale globally. In Africa, Formation 8 has invested in Branch, a Nigeria based fintech company that offers instant smartphone loans, payments, and savings in a single app. Across Branch’s seed, Series A, and Series C rounds, Formation 8 has participated at seed, early growth, and later growth stages, showing a willingness to support portfolio companies over multiple funding cycles. These investments reflect a sector focus on fintech and a geographic focus on Nigeria. Formation 8 is known for leveraging its cross border networks and expertise to help technology companies expand into new markets. Its work with Branch illustrates a pattern of backing technology driven financial services that aim to broaden access to credit and savings products, while partnering with other leading global investors in large growth rounds.

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## Summary

Formation 8 is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Joe Lonsdale, Jim Kim, and Brian Koo. It has been headquartered in San Francisco, California, and has maintained a strong presence in the United States and Asia. The firm focuses on supporting entrepreneurs who are building market leading smart enterprise and energy technology companies, providing both financial and strategic capital as well as operational expertise to help them scale globally. In Africa, Formation 8 has invested in Branch, a Nigeria based fintech company that offers instant smartphone loans, payments, and savings in a single app. Across Branch’s seed, Series A, and Series C rounds, Formation 8 has participated at seed, early growth, and later growth stages, showing a willingness to support portfolio companies over multiple funding cycles. These investments reflect a sector focus on fintech and a geographic focus on Nigeria. Formation 8 is known for leveraging its cross border networks and expertise to help technology companies expand into new markets. Its work with Branch illustrates a pattern of backing technology driven financial services that aim to broaden access to credit and savings products, while partnering with other leading global investors in large growth rounds.

## Recorded investments

| Product | URL | Stage | Amount | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Branch | /branch | Series C | 170000000 | 2019-03-01T00:00:00.000Z |
| Branch | /branch | Series A | 9200000 | 2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z |
| Branch | /branch | Seed |  | 2015-09-01T00:00:00.000Z |

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