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In this article, Jake Moross and Christopher Harper share their thoughts on the future of personalized commerce. Check out the full post below.

Torch Capital is thrilled to announce Christopher Harper's promotion to Partner! Since joining in 2020, Chris has proven himself to be a pivotal part of our team and portfolio at Torch. His intellect, curiosity, and investment acumen have played a major role in what we are building. Chris has also become a highly trusted partner and thought leader to many of our founders and portfolio companies, playing a key role in our investments with Vividly, Creature Comforts, Nara Organics, Arc, VoyceMe, Staircase, and most recently, Anam amongst others. We are fortunate to have Chris in our corner and continue to drive us forward as part of our leadership team! Jonathan Keidan, Katie Reiner, Anna Bitton, Sam Jones, Josh Beinhacker, Carter Craft, Allie Molner, Jake Moross

Torch Capital is thrilled to back Caoimhe Murphy, Ben Carr, and the whole Anam team.?We are excited to partner with?great co-investors at Concept Ventures (Reece Chowdhry, Oliver Kicks), Anamcara (Annelie Ajami), and angels from ElevenLabs and Sonantic. Anam's AI personas are now live at anam.ai. This is a paradigm shift in how we will interact with technology. In well less than a year, Anam has built real-time, AI personas that feel as natural as interacting with a person. Read more about it here: https://lnkd.in/gCnw53tX

Arcade is the world’s first AI product creation platform. Now live at?https://www.arcade.ai/. Arcade enables anyone to design, purchase, and sell custom, manufacturable products with a simple text or image prompt. Torch is thrilled to back Mariam Naficy and the Arcade team. Read more about it in The Information here: https://lnkd.in/eAVCCYEM

Thrilled to see Solace featured in the Wall Street Journal for its incredible work transforming how patients navigate the complex healthcare system! Solace, a digital health platform that connects patients with expert healthcare advocates, announced today its $14M Series A funding led by Inspired Capital, with participation from existing backers Craft Ventures and Torch Capital who co-led the Seed round, as well as new investors, including Anne Wojcicki, the late Susan Wojcicki, RiverPark Ventures and Coalition Operators. Millions of patients every year are forced to navigate complex conditions, diagnoses, and paperwork alone – we’re excited to continue to partner with Solace in fulfilling its mission of empowering every patient with a healthcare advocate and improving outcomes. Huge congratulations to Jeremy Gurewitz & the entire Solace team on this milestone! Read the full story in the Wall Street Journal below: https://lnkd.in/eJT9qBi4

Congrats to the Lili team!

Great to see Ro always innovating and putting their customers first! Zachariah Reitano & Saman Rahmanian Read more below: https://lnkd.in/ebK5Mq8i

Listen to Christopher Harper talking with Grace Gong about his journey in venture, why Torch believes the lines between Consumer and?B2B are more blurred than most, and how AI is changing how?companies are built. https://lnkd.in/e7A4HAMR

Catch Jonathan Keidan on CNBC with Brian Sullivan discussing the consumer behavior tailwinds we’re seeing at Torch with Cava’s success as a key indicator. The street is noticing how consumer preferences for food are changing.?Cava is up over 300% since its IPO. This shift will continue—medications like GLP-1s (Ozempic, Wegovy) are already pushing users towards healthier food options and lifestyle choices. Our investments from Ro to Tia are fueling this change — improving access to life-changing medical services. Watch this trend.

We're thrilled to have led?Teal's Seed round and?to work alongside Ian Crosby?and his team to revolutionize accounting for SMBs! There are 30M+ SMBs in the US, and at Torch, we invest behind the founders who are building the tools to help their businesses thrive. There's a dire need for streamlined and intuitive accounting tools. Teal's embedded approach + Ian and the team's proven track record of building standout financial software squarely address these long-standing pain points. Teal's rapid growth and early success are a testament to this.