Company overview

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.
Founded in 2011
Santa Monica, California, USA
898 employees (56 in marketing)
70% recommend to a friend
68% positive business outlook

Salaries

Typical salary range

$100,000 – $130,000

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People

Headcount trend

Company growth over the last 12 months

Headcount +11.7% year over year

Funding

Total funding

$522M

Last raise

$150M

Debt Financing, 12 months ago

Funding history

Mar 2025

Debt Financing Tala · $150M

Oct 2021

Debt Financing Tala · $40M

Oct 2021

Series E Tala · $14M

Aug 2019

Debt Financing Tala · $100M

Aug 2019

Series D Tala · $110M

Apr 2018

Series C Tala · $50M

Audience

Monthly website visitors
72.5K
Month over month+25.2%
Quarter over quarter-17.7%
Top sourceSearch (42.2%)
Ad budget per month$0.0
Average search rank41.7
Traffic source mix
Search
42.2%
Direct
41.8%
Referral
10.9%
Social
3.7%
Paid referral
1.2%

LinkedIn followers

Follower count and growth

Total followers

62.9K

12-mo growth

+18.8%

Monthly growth

+1.1%

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