COMPANY PROFILE

Torch sensors

Outdoor asset intelligence with solar-powered sensing devices and AI

Lafayette, United StatesFounded 2020Real Estate

Headcount <100 Current team size

About Torch sensors

Torch Systems is a Lafayette, CA-based provider of an outdoor asset intelligence platform that gives operators continuous AI observation of distributed outdoor infrastructure. The platform combines proprietary, solar-powered Torch TerraNode sensing devices, featuring optical and thermal cameras and acoustic, gas, air-quality and environmental sensing with edge AI, with a multi-hazard AI engine and the Torch Intelligence Platform, which routes each alert to the right team. It detects fire and smoke, equipment overheating and faults, security breaches, vegetation overgrowth and misaligned solar trackers. Torch serves utilities, renewable energy operators, municipalities and industrial customers across several US states. The company is led by CEO Vasya Tremsin. In October 2026, Torch Systems raised $11.5 million in financing, including $9.5 million in equity led by Khosla Ventures, Abstract, Construct Capital and Starship Ventures, and $2 million in venture debt from First Citizens Innovation Banking. Sources: torchsystems.com; FinSMEs (6 October 2026).

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At a glance

Status: Operational
Founded: 2020
Headquarters: Lafayette, United States
Employees: 9
Open positions: None listed
Dealroom signal: 85.3/100
Industry: Real Estate
Sector: Real Estate, Sustainable Development Goals, Urban Tech, Sensor Tech, Sensors, Climate Tech, Wildfire, Hard Tech, Climate Adaptation, nt
Technology: Hardware, IoT InternetOfThings
Business model: Manufacturing
Client focus: b2c
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Funding history

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Company financing events and reported valuations.

Deal type	Date	Amount	Valuation	Investors	Source
SEEDEquity / VC	Jan 2022	$0	—	Starship Ventures	↗

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Torch sensors website traffic

Latest recorded traffic for Torch sensors is 140 monthly website visits, down 88.3% over the last three months. Torch sensors's team grew 50% over the past year.

Latest monthly visits140 3-month web change-88.3% 1-year team growth+50%

Monthly website visitsSep 2023–Jul 2025

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