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Torch

Torch is a learning and development company that helps employers manage and measure employee growth at scale. Customers can draw from a pool of over 6000 mentors and coaches to pair with high performers and new managers at any layer of the organization. Torch was founded by a team of executive coaches and experienced psychologists who are passionate about helping all professionals perform at their highest level. Torch is on a mission to empower managers to thrive in high growth, high-performance

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Y Combinator
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2026-07-15
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Y Combinator

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Torch is a learning and development company that helps employers manage and measure employee growth at scale. Customers can draw from a pool of over 6000 mentors and coaches to pair with high performers and new managers at any layer of the organization. Torch was founded by a team of executive coaches and experienced psychologists who are passionate about helping all professionals perform at their highest level. Torch is on a mission to empower managers to thrive in high growth, high-performance

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Torch is classified as HR and talent from source descriptions and fund-directory context. Similar companies below are ranked from offline product facets and meaningful description overlap; category and source affiliation can only strengthen an existing product match. For lookup-created rows, the profile starts as pending enrichment until deeper source collection runs.

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Companies similar to Torch

HR and talent · 6 peers

A deterministic local cluster built from offline product facets and meaningful description terms. Category and selected-institution affiliation provide bounded tie-breaks. Open any peer to continue exploring its cluster.

Humanly

match 60

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shared product terms: mission, empower, high, perform; same category: HR and talent; shared affiliation: Y Combinator

WorkRamp

match 58

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shared extracted concepts: customers; shared product terms: employee, growth, customer, executive; shared product theme: sales and marketing; shared affiliation: Y Combinator

Scale AI

match 58

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shared extracted concepts: customers; shared product terms: scale, development, organization, any; shared product theme: sales and marketing; shared affiliation: Y Combinator

Lattice

match 57

Lattice is people success software that empowers leaders to build engaged and high- performing teams, inspire winning cultures, and make strategic, data-driven business decisions. Our software helps nearly 4,000 companies globally align employees to the most critical objectives, measure and reward performance, and create an effective feedback loop between employees and managers.

shared product terms: empower, high, perform, employee; shared affiliation: Y Combinator

CareLedger

match 53

CareLedger helps employers find the best priced quality healthcare for their employees in their area. By providing pricing data on local providers and motivating employees to save, CareLedger helps employers get healthcare spend under control and reduced by more than 10%. They provide insight into who is a high-performing, high-value provider, and then motivate employees to spend less.

shared extracted concepts: employers; shared product terms: employer, employee, who, high; shared affiliation: Y Combinator

Prilim

match 35

Prilim connects company engineers and managers with external mentors to facilitate employee growth and increase employee lifetime value. Toptal for mentors with sophisticated mentor-to-company matching.

shared product terms: manager, mentor, employee, growth; same category: HR and talent