Shivani Siroya is Founder and CEO of Tala (company) (formerly known as InVenture), a company that creates credit management software for use on handheld devices by people in emerging economies. She lives in Los Angeles, CA.

Siroya holds a MPH in Health Economics and Policy from Columbia University and a BA in International Relations from Wesleyan University.

Siroya has a wide array of professional experience in global health, microfinance, and investment banking.

Prior to founding InVenture, she worked in health costing at UNFPA and Mergers & Acquisitions at Health Net.

Siroya is a 2011 Unreasonable Fellow and is currently teaching “Mobilizing Communities” at the Graduate School of Education and Psychology at Pepperdine University.