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Nala

NALA is an application that acts as an interface on top of the mobile money payment systems that allows the user to make transfers, payments, and transactions seven times faster, without data connectivity.

www.nala.com Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania 11-50 employees
Total raised
$35.0M
Latest round: +250% of prior total
Rounds
2
Latest
Series Unknown
May 2026

NALA is an application that acts as an interface on top of the mobile money payment systems that allows the user to make transfers, payments, and transactions seven times faster, without data connectivity.

Nala has raised $35.0M across 2 rounds. Its most recent round was a Series Unknown of $25.0M in May 2026. Full funding history, investors, and team are detailed below.

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Lead investor
May 28, 2026
Series Unknown
$25.0M

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