The Founders Raj Patel and Jay Patel are serial entrepreneurs and lifelong technologists. Their previous startup, Orderhive, is a global SaaS automation platform that streamlined e‑commerce operations for thousands of merchants worldwide. Orderhive grew rapidly and achieved a successful acquisition exit. Raj and Jay gained invaluable insight into how slow settlements and fragmented payment systems still limit global commerce, and their passion for Bitcoin led them to tackle the problem by building Speed.