How Shivani Siroya of Tala Is Transforming Financial Inclusion with Radical Trust

The Two Percent - A podcast by Female Founders Fund

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Today’s guest is FFF portfolio founder Shivani Siroya of Tala, the leading financial app across three continents in emerging markets including Kenya, Mexico, the Philippines, and India, serving over six million users. Shivani shares how her global upbringing and background in finance and data science inspired her to enter the world of fintech, how the platform has evolved to meet user needs, how Tala has been able to maintain first-mover advantage, and why she uses ‘radical trust’ as a core value. She discusses her experience innovating and managing a global team and customer base through COVID, fundraising for a product that is not catered to the US market, and more.