Project teams on a construction site using an expense management platform and commercial cards for job-level spending visibility.
Midtown Atlanta, September 13, 2025
Atlanta-based fintech Speedchain Inc. closed a $111 million mixed equity and debt financing to expand its commercial card and expense-management platform for construction and project-driven industries. The round includes debt from Community Investment Management and equity from multiple venture and institutional investors. Proceeds will accelerate go-to-market efforts, product innovation, national expansion, and lending capacity tied to the card program. Speedchain’s platform offers job-level visibility, AI-powered receipt processing, approval workflows, accounting integrations, and rewards optimization. Headquartered in Midtown Atlanta, the company has just under 40 employees and is actively hiring across engineering, finance, marketing, and sales.
Speedchain Inc., a fintech startup based in Atlanta, announced a funding round totaling $111 million. The round combines equity and debt financing; the company did not disclose the exact split between the two. The new capital is earmarked to expand sales and marketing, speed product development, and push a national rollout of the firm’s commercial card and expense-management platform for construction and other project-driven industries.
The debt portion of the round was provided by Community Investment Management, a San Francisco-based private credit impact investment manager. Named equity investors in the round include several venture and growth funds from across the U.S., plus a bank investor. The financing round adds institutional backing intended to support both product and lending features within Speedchain’s platform.
Speedchain plans to use the proceeds to accelerate its go-to-market strategy, invest in product innovation, and expand nationally. Management has positioned the platform as a tool to modernize financial workflows for contractors and other teams that manage project-based spending. The company also expects part of the debt financing to be deployed on the lending side of its business, supporting credit and card-related services for customers in the field.
Speedchain offers a commercial card program and an expense-management system built for the construction and project-based economy. The product aims to give site crews and finance teams real-time visibility into job-level spending, combining receipt capture, approval flows tied to project budgets, exports for accounting, and AI-powered receipt processing and insights. The card program is issued through a well-known card network business tier.
As part of its expansion, Speedchain announced a new national partnership with the leading national association for contractors, naming Speedchain as a card solution for that membership body. The company also added a senior industry executive with experience at enterprise software and construction technology companies to its board of directors to support strategy and growth efforts.
Speedchain is headquartered in Midtown Atlanta and has a team mainly concentrated in the city. Current headcount stands at just under 40 employees, and the company lists open roles in engineering, finance, marketing, and sales. Management has said the firm has a solid recruiting pipeline, including engineering candidates from a major local technical university.
The platform has evolved over the past year with improvements to receipt management, export capabilities, and approval workflows so that the right project leader on a job can approve spend while tracking toward monthly budgets. Additional features highlighted by the business include end-to-end visibility, integrations with back-office systems, reward optimization on card spend, and AI-driven processing intended to reduce reconciliation time and improve job costing accuracy.
For contractors and project-driven firms, the investment could speed the availability of tools that connect frontline spending with corporate accounting. The addition of lending capacity may allow the company to offer more flexible payment and credit options tied to project cycles. Competitors in commercial cards and expense software will likely watch whether the expanded product and distribution push increases adoption among mid-market and enterprise construction customers.
The company announced the funding in early September 2025. Multiple outlets and industry trackers listed the round among the larger U.S. financings in its announcement week.
The company raised a total of $111 million in a mix of equity and debt financing.
A private credit impact investment manager provided the debt portion of the financing.
Several venture and institutional investors across the U.S. and a bank investor participated on the equity side. The company named multiple equity investors but did not disclose the full ownership split.
Funds will be used to accelerate go-to-market efforts, fund product innovation, expand nationally, and support the lending side of the business tied to its card program.
The platform provides a commercial card, AI-powered receipt processing, approval workflows tied to project budgets, export functions for accounting, integrations with back-office systems, and rewards optimization for job-level spending.
The company is based in Midtown Atlanta with a team concentrated there and currently has just under 40 employees.
Yes. Open roles include engineering, finance, marketing, and sales, with an active pipeline of candidates from local technical programs.
The company’s commercial card program is offered through a major global payment network’s business tier.
| Feature | What it does | Who benefits |
|---|---|---|
| Commercial Card Program | Provides company cards tied to project budgets and rewards optimization. | Project managers, finance teams, purchasing departments |
| AI-powered Receipt Management | Automates receipt capture and categorization to speed reconciliation. | Field staff, accounting teams |
| Approval Workflows | Allows jobsite leaders to approve transactions within budget limits. | Superintendents, project managers |
| Exports & Integrations | Exports data to accounting systems and integrates with back-office tools. | Controllers, accountants, finance ops |
| Borrowing & Lending Support | Uses debt capacity to support lending and credit features for customers. | Companies needing flexible payment options for projects |
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