Branch Metrics
$4Bpaper valuation
// OVERVIEW
Branch Metrics is the only mobile attribution company that convinced investors deep linking was worth $4 billion — then watched Apple's App Tracking Transparency framework eliminate the entire technical foundation the valuation was built on. The company built attribution infrastructure for measuring which ads drove which app installs across 50,000+ mobile apps, generating revenue by charging developers for user acquisition intelligence that Apple made systematically unreliable in 2021.
// HQ
Mountain View, United States
// STATUS
PRIVATE
// FOUNDED
2014
// TIER
The Unicorn Herd · $1B – $9.9B
// PRIMARY SECTOR
adtech
// FOUNDERS
// FUNDING ROUNDS
// SECTORS SERVED
// TECHNOLOGY
Branch operates SDK-embedded attribution technology that tracks user journeys from ad click through app install to in-app conversion, using probabilistic fingerprinting and deterministic device matching to assign credit to marketing channels. The technical moat was cross-platform identity resolution — knowing that the person who clicked an Instagram ad is the same person who installed the app 47 minutes later. Apple's ATT framework requires explicit user consent for device-level tracking, and 75% of iOS users declined, which means 75% of Branch's attribution data became statistically unreliable guesswork.
// WOWLS ASSESSMENT
Branch raised $350M between 2014 and 2022 to build measurement infrastructure for a mobile advertising ecosystem that no longer exists in its original form. The company serves major apps including Airbnb, Pinterest, and Instacart, but every one of those customers now splits attribution budgets across multiple vendors because no single provider can deliver iOS accuracy post-ATT. Adjust, AppsFlyer, Kochava, and Singular all sell functionally identical probabilistic attribution — the competitive differentiation is which sales team the customer likes better. Branch's 2019 Series D at $4B valuation priced in a world where deterministic cross-device tracking was technically possible and legally permissible — that world ended when iOS 14.5 shipped in April 2021. The company has been quiet on funding since, which in mobile adtech usually means the last round was the peak.
// WHY WOWLS HUNTS THIS
Because the company raised $350M to solve a measurement problem that Apple decided developers should not be allowed to solve with device-level precision. The remaining revenue comes from selling probabilistic guesses to customers who know they are buying probabilistic guesses but need to report something to their CMO.
// VALUATION NOTE
2019 Series D valuation of $4B widely reported but no subsequent funding or valuation disclosed since 2022 — likely indicates peak.
VERDICT: TERMINAL HYPE — BUILT A $4B VALUATION MEASURING MOBILE AD ATTRIBUTION THEN APPLE MADE MEASURING MOBILE AD ATTRIBUTION TECHNICALLY IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT USER CONSENT THAT 75% OF USERS REFUSE TO PROVIDE
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// INTEL UPDATED: MAY 2026
// INTELLIGENCE DISCLAIMER: Assessments represent editorial opinion based on publicly available data including filings, press reports, and market data as of the date shown. Valuations are approximate. Not financial or investment advice.
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