HR platform WorkTorch raises $2.2M seed round • ProWellTech

WorkTorch, previously known as QuickHire, announced today the closing of a $2.2 million seed round led by Tenzing Capital. Along with the raise comes the name change, with the goal of encapsulating the business' focus on employee recruiting and retention.

Speaking to ProWellTech, its founders, sisters Deborah Gladney and Angela Muhwezi-Hall said the rebrand was a year and a half in the making as they realized the changing relationship between employees and employers.

"Finding the right talent is just half the battle," Gladney said. "Where companies are really being hit the hardest is losing people faster than they're coming in ...