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Tala: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)

Tala is a mobile technology and data science company that is oriented around financial services in emerging markets. More than 2 million people have borrowed through Tala’s smartphone app, which provides instant credit scoring, lending, and other personalized financial services in emerging markets. Tala provides personalized loans to approved borrowers and builds digital credit history. The company provides instant loans through a mobile app where the entire process happens, from loan application to funds release and status tracking. Tala was founded on October 1, 2011, and is the global team is headquartered in Santa Monica, with additional offices in Nairobi, Manila, Dar Es Salaam, Mexico City, Mumbai, and Bangalore.

tala.co LinkedIn Santa Monica, United States 251-500 employees
Apps Credit Financial Services FinTech Mobile
Total raised
$145M
Rounds
1
Latest
Series E
Oct 2021

Tala has raised $145M across 1 funding round on record, the most recent a Series E of $145M announced in Oct 2021.

That round is above the $4.3M median round size for Apps companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

Tala Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$145M
across 1 round on record
Funding rounds on record
1
Latest funding round
Series E
$145M in Oct 2021
Employees
251-500
reported band
Headquarters
Santa Monica, United States

Latest funding round on record: Oct 2021.

Tala Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Series E
$145M

Tala Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Shivani Siroya
CEO
Locked

Contact details for the Tala team: 1 of 1 has an email address on file.

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Tala Funding Compared to Other Apps Startups

Segment
Companies
Median round
2,426
$4.3M
29,878
$7.5M
266
$100M

Tala's latest round of $145M is above the median round in Apps. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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Tala Funding FAQs

What does Tala do?

Tala is a mobile technology and data science company that is oriented around financial services in emerging markets. More than 2 million people have borrowed through Tala’s smartphone app, which provides instant credit scoring, lending, and other personalized financial services in emerging markets. Tala provides personalized loans to approved borrowers and builds digital credit history. The company provides instant loans through a mobile app where the entire process happens, from loan application to funds release and status tracking. Tala was founded on October 1, 2011, and is the global team is headquartered in Santa Monica, with additional offices in Nairobi, Manila, Dar Es Salaam, Mexico City, Mumbai, and Bangalore.

How much funding has Tala raised?

Tala has raised $145M across 1 round on record. The most recent is a Series E of $145M announced in Oct 2021.

When did Tala last raise funding?

Tala's most recent funding round on record is a Series E of $145M, announced in Oct 2021.

Who is the CEO of Tala?

Shivani Siroya is listed as CEO at Tala.

Where is Tala headquartered?

Tala is based in Santa Monica, California, United States.

How many employees does Tala have?

Tala is in the 251-500 employee band.

How does Tala's funding compare to other Apps startups?

Tala's latest round of $145M is above the $4.3M median round size for Apps companies on FundedIQ across 2,426 tracked companies over the last two years.

About FundedIQ's Tala Funding Data

FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.

Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Tala is left off this page rather than filled in.

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