Tahira Dosani is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of ResilienceVC, an early stage venture capital fund investing in scalable fintech startups that build financial resilience for consumers and small businesses.

Previously she served as the Managing Director of Accion Venture Lab, a seed-stage venture capital fund focused on inclusive fintech. Prior to that, Tahira was at LeapFrog Investments, an emerging market private equity impact fund focused on financial services, and worked as Director of Strategy at the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development where she drove strategic initiatives for portfolio companies and led new investments in telecoms, technology, and financial services in Asia and Africa. Tahira also worked at Roshan, Afghanistan’s leading telecommunications operator, where she was Head of Corporate Strategy and helped launch the country’s first mobile money platform. Tahira began her career as a management consultant with Bain & Company in Boston.

Tahira holds an MBA from INSEAD and BAs in International Relations, Computer Science, and Education from Brown University and is a professor teaching courses on Venture Capital and Impact Investing at Georgetown University and Johns Hopkins University. She is an advisor to Village Capital, a mentor for TechStars, and on the Investor Advisory Board of The Fourth Effect. Tahira lives in Washington DC; she is a voracious reader, practices martial arts and teaches self-defense, and loves to explore the city and beyond.