# Torch funding: rounds and investors > Torch has raised $16M across 5 rounds since 2014. Investors include Norwest Venture Partners, Y Combinator and Alumni Ventures. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/torch (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United Kingdom · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Torch* 5 rounds we have observed, with the 10 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it. Education Edtech Y Combinator: W18 Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$16M** raised across 5 rounds since 2014, from 5 sources **$30K** Seed **$2.0M** Seed **$10M** Series A **$3.5M** Seed - **Latest round:** Venture Mar 2024 - **Biggest round:** $10M Series A · Apr 2019 - **Investors:** 10 (1 led) See who backed them ## The funding story Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total. 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 **$30K** Seed **$2.0M** Seed **$10M** Series A **$3.5M** Seed **?** Venture - **First round:** Seed, $30K - **Biggest round:** $10M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 2.9 years ## The rounds - **Mar 2024** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *2 new* *2 returning* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [Norwest Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/norwest) [Quiet Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/quiet-capital) Source recorded SEC filing: $11M sold, first sale Mar 2024 - **Apr 2021** Seed **$3.5M** *2 new* [SaaS Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/saas) [Anorak Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/anorak-ventures) Source recorded - **Apr 2019** Series A **$10M** *4 new* [Norwest Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/norwest) Lead [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Initialized Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/initialized-capital) [WEST FUND](https://millionrounds.com/fund/west-fund) Reported by TechCrunch SEC filing: $8.5M sold, first sale Jul 2019 - **Nov 2014** Seed **$2.0M** *1 new* [Lamp Post Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lamp-post-group) From a historical funding record - **Oct 2014** Seed **$30K** *1 new* [Target Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/target-accelerator) From a historical funding record ## Who was in which round The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led. **Seed** 2014 **Seed** 2014 **Series A** 2019 **Seed** 2021 **Venture** 2024 [Norwest Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/norwest) L [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [Quiet Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/quiet-capital) [Initialized Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/initialized-capital) [SaaS Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/saas) [Anorak Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/anorak-ventures) [Lamp Post Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lamp-post-group) [Target Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/target-accelerator) [WEST FUND](https://millionrounds.com/fund/west-fund) ## Everyone who backed them [Norwest Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/norwest) VC firm **2** rounds, led 1 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **2** rounds [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) VC firm **1** round [Quiet Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/quiet-capital) VC firm **1** round [Initialized Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/initialized-capital) VC firm **1** round [SaaS Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/saas) VC firm **1** round [Anorak Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/anorak-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Lamp Post Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lamp-post-group) VC firm **1** round [Target Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/target-accelerator) VC firm **1** round [WEST FUND](https://millionrounds.com/fund/west-fund) Company **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=torch). ## Also claim to have backed them These 5 firms list Torch as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above. [Garry Tan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/garry-tan) Angel Per its own site [UpWest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/upwest) Accelerator Per its own site [Init 6](https://millionrounds.com/fund/init-6) VC firm Per its own site [IOVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iovc) VC firm Per its own site [Leaf Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/leaf-ventures) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Torch ### Who invested in Torch? Torch's investors include Norwest Venture Partners, Y Combinator, Alumni Ventures, Quiet Capital and Initialized Capital, and 5 more on record. ### How much has Torch raised? Torch has raised $16M across 5 rounds since 2014. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did Torch last raise? Torch's most recent round was a Venture in Mar 2024. ### What was Torch's biggest round? Torch's largest round on record is $10M (Series A), in Apr 2019, led by Norwest Venture Partners. ### Who backed Torch first? Torch's first round on record, in Oct 2014, was backed by Target Accelerator. ### What stage is Torch at? Torch's latest named round is a Venture, in Mar 2024. ### Where is Torch based? Torch is based in the United Kingdom. ### Who led Torch's rounds? Norwest Venture Partners led the Series A in 2019. ## Companies like Torch In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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