Tala
Tala is the first financial platform for the Global Majority. Our leading money app bridges digital and cash ecosystems to deliver instant access to credit, payments, savings, and transfer services to millions of customers on three continents. Powered by advanced technology and human creativity, Tala is reinventing financial infrastructure to solve what legacy institutions can’t or won’t, in order to unlock global economic progress. Tala has raised nearly half a billion dollars in investments and debt, backed by leading venture and impact investors including Upstart, the Stellar Development Foundation, RPS Ventures, the J. Safra Group, IVP, Revolution Growth, Lowercase Capital, and PayPal Ventures. Tala has been named to Fortune’s Impact 20, CNBC’s Disruptor 50 list four years in a row, and Forbes’ Fintech 50 list for eight consecutive years. Tala’s impact has been highlighted by the New York Times, NPR, Forbes, the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal and TED, among others. Tala is headquartered in Santa Monica with offices in Nairobi, Manila, Mexico City, and Bangalore.
Founding Year
2011
Headquarters
Santa Monica
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United States
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Total Funding Amount
$405.44M
Funds that Investested
Lowercase Capital
Led by investors including Chris Sacca, Lowercase Capital is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in investments in seed/startups.
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PayPal Ventures
Paypal's venture capital arm. Invests in FinTech companies that are working on transparent, personalized, inclusive, and customer-focused products.
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Series A
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Expansion Venture Capital
With over 100+ investments to date, we invest early in great and passionate entrepreneurs. Sector agnostic investment approach.
Pre-Seed
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Series A
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Ribbit Capital
Global investment organization with one single, relentless mission: to change the world of finance.
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Series A
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DCVC
Backs entrepreneurs using Deep Tech to solve problems and multiply the benefits of capitalism for everyone while reducing its cost
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Female Founders Fund
Investing in the exponential power of exceptional female talent.
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Series A
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Vast Ventures
Manifesto-driven venture fund investing in disruptive companies with a global impact.
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BAM Ventures
LA-based early-stage fund backing the next-rising technologies, products, and services that delight consumers and transform commerce
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Kindred Ventures
Seed-stage venture capital fund that back visionary and dedicated founders who want to solve the most important problems and vastly improve people’s lives around the world. Kindred tries to gain an edge over competitors is by moving as close to the concept stage as possible — even helping to form startups.
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Sand Hill Angels
Sand Hill Angels is a group of Silicon Valley angel investors passionate about helping entrepreneurs get to the next level.
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IVP
IVP grows breakout companies into enduring market leaders.
They are engaged VC partners, but their guidance is focused on when and where it counts. It’s about expertise in moments that matter, answering your call as a counselor and confidant. It’s about bolstering the functions that make or break a business to ensure we make yours a success. It’s about being your compass on the winding path to market leadership. And about celebrating the milestones along the way.
While IVP's investment track record is four decades strong, their focus is on the horizon. From emerging to enduring market leadership, they look out so you can look ahead. Undaunted.
They are engaged VC partners, but their guidance is focused on when and where it counts. It’s about expertise in moments that matter, answering your call as a counselor and confidant. It’s about bolstering the functions that make or break a business to ensure we make yours a success. It’s about being your compass on the winding path to market leadership. And about celebrating the milestones along the way.
While IVP's investment track record is four decades strong, their focus is on the horizon. From emerging to enduring market leadership, they look out so you can look ahead. Undaunted.
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Investors that Investested
Jeff Richards
Managing Partner, GGV Capital
Focuses on enterprise/cloud and marketplace investments, and led GGV’s investments in Appirio (acq by Wipro), Belong, BigCommerce (NASDAQ: BIGC), BlueKai (acq by Oracle), Boxed, Brightwheel, Buddy Media (acq by Salesforce), Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN), Electric.ai, Evolv OnDemand (acq by Cornerstone), Gladly, Handshake, HotelTonight (acq by Airbnb), Lambda School, Mindee, Namely, People.ai, PlushCare/Accolade (NASDAQ: ACCD), Slice, Tala, Tile, Vic.ai, Workboard, and Zylo. Prior to joining GGV, Jeff founded two software companies: R4, a supply chain SaaS business acquired by VeriSign (NASDAQ: VRSN), and QuantumShift, a telecom software business backed by Texas Pacific Group (TPG).
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