Tether Leads Speed's $8M Series A for Crypto Payments
Tether led the $8M Series A for Speed, a crypto payments company listed with Nevada and Gujarat headquarters, in StartupTalky's December 16-29, 2025 funding tracker.
Speed, a crypto payments company with headquarters in Nevada and Gujarat, has raised $8M in a Series A round led by Tether, according to StartupTalky's Indian startup funding tracker for December 16-29, 2025.
The investment appears in a fortnight of heavy funding activity tracked by StartupTalky. The same table includes MoEngage's $57M Series F led by ChrysCapital, Digantara's $50M Series B led by SBI Investment, and EtherealX's $21M Series A led by TDK Ventures. Other notable rounds in the period include StockGro's $13M Series B, PowerUp Money's $12M Series A, and Skydo's $10M Series A.
Speed's entry is classified under the crypto payments sector, with headquarters spanning Nevada and Gujarat. Tether is named as the lead investor in the Series A round. The tracker does not specify how the fresh capital will be used or provide additional details on Speed's operations or valuation.
The round is part of StartupTalky's wider 2025 Indian startup funding dataset, which the publication says it updates weekly. Speed's inclusion places the crypto payments startup among dozens of companies that raised capital in the second half of December 2025, a period that also saw rounds in sectors ranging from space tech and electric vehicles to food and beverage and fintech.