WorkTorch co-founders Deborah Gladney and Muhwezi-Hall, founders of WorkTorch, were recently named to the National Female Founders to Watch list by American Inno, a digital news division of The Business Journals, publisher of the Wichita Business Journal.

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From American Inno:

WorkTorch

HQ: Wichita, Kansas

Funding: $4 million

Gladney and Muhwezi-Hall are the founders of WorkTorch, a recruiting startup originally named QuickHire. Its app aims to connect employers and job seekers in the trades and other traditional blue-collar industries. The two Wichita sisters count Dunkin’ Donuts and Homewood Suites by Hilton among their corporate clients, and their venture's investors include Revolution's Rise of the Rest Seed Fund.