Torch
AI-powered leadership coaching and development platform.
| Date | Investors | Amount | Round |
|---|---|---|---|
| investor | €0.0 | round | |
$3.5m | Seed | ||
| Total Funding | 000k | ||
Torch is a learning and development company that provides a platform for leadership coaching, mentoring, and immersive learning solutions. It was founded by executive coach Cameron Yarborough and clinical psychologist Keegan Walden, who aimed to build a platform that integrates coaching into the development programs of organizations.
The company's platform is designed to help businesses manage and measure employee growth at scale. It utilizes a SaaS-based marketplace model, connecting organizations with a network of over 6,000 professional mentors and coaches. The system is program-centric, allowing clients to design specific programs for manager training, high-potential employees, DEI initiatives, and onboarding. These programs can embed various forms of content, including courses from platforms like LinkedIn Learning, articles, and quizzes, supplemented with coaching and mentoring.
Torch serves businesses looking to enhance their leadership capabilities and talent pipeline, particularly those undergoing rapid growth or organizational changes like navigating AI adoption, restructuring, and culture shifts. The platform provides one-on-one coaching, group coaching, and mentoring, tailored to an organization's specific goals and cultural values. It also incorporates AI-powered simulations to create immersive practice environments for leaders to develop skills in real-time. A key feature is the platform's ability to provide data-driven insights and analytics, allowing HR leaders to measure the return on investment from their coaching initiatives by tracking employee development and behavior change.
The company has made strategic acquisitions to enhance its offerings, including Everwise, a mentoring network, and Praxis Labs, which adds immersive simulations and AI-driven feedback to the platform. This has resulted in what Torch describes as a leadership intelligence system that connects coaching and practice to measurable business outcomes.
Keywords: leadership development, executive coaching, employee mentoring, SaaS, corporate training, talent development, professional development, management training, learning and development, AI coaching, immersive learning, behavioral science, employee growth, organizational development, human resources technology, Praxis Labs, Everwise, manager development, enterprise learning, leadership intelligence