Tala Stock
Mobile Technology for Financial Services
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About Tala Stock
Tala is a micro-loan provider in developing countries. Tala claims to provide personalized loans to approved borrowers and builds digital credit history. The company provides these loans through a mobile app where the entire process happens, from loan application to funds release and status tracking.
Tala was founded in October 2011 and its global team is headquartered in Santa Monica, with additional offices in Nairobi, Manila, Dar Es Salaam, Mexico City, Mumbai, and Bangalore. Notable investors include Upstart, RPS Ventures, PayPal Ventures, and Revolution.
Investors
Artha India Ventures
Aslanoba Capital
BAM Ventures
Clocktower Technology Ventures
Chime, Tala, M1 Finance, Jeeves, MoneyLion, Alloy, Bread, Qualia, Nav, CircleUp
Collaborative Fund
Lyft, Reddit, Eat Just, Scopely, Procore Technologies, Getaround, WHOOP, Tala, Earnest, Outschool
Data Collective
Databricks, Plenty, Zymergen, Checkr, SentinelOne, Illumio, SingleStore, Planet, Alation, Tala
Evolution VC Partners (formerly Evolution Corporate Advisors)
Relativity Space, Rubrik, JUUL, Ethos, Tala, Petal, Instabase, DailyPay, Hyperscience, Trifacta
Expansion Venture Capital
Via, Turo, Lemonade, Tala, The RealReal, Yieldstreet, Transfix, Enigma Technologies, Booster Fuels, CompStak
Female Founders Fund
GGV Capital
Alibaba, Udaan, SoFi, Grab, Wish, Opendoor, Square, Bowery Farming, Domo, GrubMarket
GV
Uber, Robinhood, Jet, Impossible Foods, Lacework, Slack, Snyk, SambaNova Systems, DocuSign, Gusto
India Internet Fund
IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
UiPath, Compass, Brex, Discord, Attentive, Coinbase, Rubrik, Domo, Niantic, MasterClass
Kindred Ventures
Lowercase Capital
Stripe, Slack, Twitter, Automattic, Lookout, Handshake, Twilio, Tala, Mark43, Medium
Mesa Ventures
Revolution
Scopely, Tempus, Aura Financial Corporation, Sweetgreen, StockX, Tala, Optoro, DraftKings, BigCommerce, Uptake Technologies
Ribbit Capital
Robinhood, CoinSwitch Kuber, Nubank, Affirm, Brex, Gusto, Coalition, Coinbase, Razorpay, Chainalysis
RPS Ventures
Thomvest Ventures
Clari, Figure, Kabbage, Tala, Credijusto, LendUp, Ecobee, Cylance, Harness, PeerStreet
TYLT Ventures
Vast Ventures
ASAPP, Tala, Diamond Foundry, Zocdoc, Eight Sleep, OpenX, BarkBox, SafeGraph
Victory Park Capital
Funding History
| October 2011 | $318K |
|---|---|
| August 2013 | $2.0M |
| June 2015 | $10.3M |
| December 2016 | $30.3M |
| February 2018 | $60.0M |
| April 2019 | $111M |
| August 2021 | $148M |
Management
Chief Executive Officer
Shivani Siroya
Chief Financial Officer
Jen Loo
Press
techweez - Feb, 11 2022
Tala Now Lets You Pick A Date To Clear Your Loanfinsmes - Feb, 2 2022
Tala Raises £4.2M in Fundingdlvr - Nov, 30 2021
Tala on Behavioral Analytics' Advantages in Fighting Fraud and Satisfying Customerslivemint - Oct, 15 2021
Fintech platform Tala raises $145 million Series E, to focus on growing India bizTechCrunch - Oct, 14 2021
Tala grabs $145M to offer more financial services in emerging marketsft - May, 17 2020
Time for healthcare to make better use of databusinesswire - Mar, 5 2020
Tala Security Broadens Its Reach With Cloudflare IntegrationCNBC - Jan, 3 2020
Start-up uses mobile data as a credit score for the global unbankedtechmoran - Sep, 18 2019
Mobile Lender Tala, downs tools in TanzaniaFT - Aug, 21 2019
Emerging markets fintech Tala raises $110mEquityZen Recognized As:
