Venture capital fund · 11 deals
Every published round Touch Ventures took part in, and every parcel of existing shares it bought off another holder. Deals we hold but haven't published yet are not counted.
Companies Touch Ventures has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preezie | 13 Mar 2024, Series A | 1 | 1 | |
| Sendle | 24 Jun 2021, Series C | 1 | 1 | |
| Till Payments | 22 Nov 2021, Series C | 2 | 1 | |
| CredShare | 4 Feb 2022 | 1 | 0 | |
| Elita Genetics | 14 Sep 2026, Seed | 1 | 0 | |
| Her Black Book | 28 Feb 2022, Seed | 1 | 0 | |
| Ordermentum | 20 Sep 2023 | 1 | 0 | |
| Tixel | Dec 2024, Series B | 2 | 0 | |
| Wrapd | Fashion deals, sales and discounts online | 20 Jul 2023 | 1 | 0 |
This is a stake in the fund itself, money that the fund's manager invests, not a stake in the fund manager.
| Fund | Manager | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Skalata Fund II | Skalata Ventures | Skalata Ventures, Startup Daily |
Companies Touch Ventures has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Touch Ventures did.
The transaction that ended Touch Ventures's run as a startup, per published coverage. It closes the funding history too, where it is the ladder's last rung.
| Bought by | Kind | Announced | Price | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | IPO | 29 Sep 2021 | $100m | Startup Daily (Fri 13 Dec 2024), Startup Daily (Tue 12 Mar 2024), Startup Daily (Thu 9 Dec 2021), Startup Daily (Wed 29 Sep 2021) |
Companies Touch Ventures acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Touch Ventures raised.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Hein Vogel | CEO and Chief Investment Officer | Skalata Ventures, Startup Daily (Tue 12 Mar 2024), Startup Daily (Thu 9 Dec 2021), Startup Daily (Wed 24 Nov 2021), Australian FinTech, Startup Daily (Mon 22 Nov 2021), Startup Daily (Wed 29 Sep 2021) |
| John McBain | Board Member | Startup Daily |
| Mike Jefferies | Chair | Startup Daily |
| Mike Jeffries | Chairman | Startup Daily |
Stories naming Touch Ventures. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Pet-health startup Elita Genetics, based in Melbourne, has secured $1.9 million to grow from cell banking into canine longevity, with Boost VC leading and four other backers alongside.
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Touch Ventures' investment lifts commitments in Skalata's second fund beyond $25 million, with Afterpay co-founder Anthony Eisen investing personally; Touch also recently headed a $5.5 million raise for portfolio company Preezie.
Touch Ventures twice marked its Sendle holding down to nothing during 2025, first over a harsh Federation financing, then after claims against merger partner ACI Logistix, before Sendle's sudden shutdown.
Federation says ACI Logistix hid its finances before merging with Sendle and FirstMile into Fast Group, now winding down, killing the courier; the article also recalls past Sendle and Strongroom raises.
Alternative parcel delivery firm Sendle stopped taking bookings five months after merging into US parent Fast Group, whose financial troubles led investor Federation Asset Management to suspend fund withdrawals and inject emergency capital.
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ASX-listed accelerator Scalare Partners has seen its shares fall 28% in the month since listing, cutting its market value, while listed peers Touch Ventures and Bailador back Tixel, Dash and Updoc.
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ASX-listed venture fund Touch Ventures is parting with chief executive Hein Vogel; the piece recalls its 2021 $100 million listing, heavy write-offs on PlanPay and Till Payments, and Basiq's sale to Cuscal.
Hospitality tech firm Ordermentum bought marketplace Foodbomb and closed a $16m round with existing and new backers, valuing the combined group above $100m.
Weekly roundup of eight Australian startups raising a combined $30.2 million, spanning SME lending, quantum computing grants, proptech, consumer apps and recycling, plus Stylerunner's earlier sale to Accent Group.
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Twin sisters Sali Sasi and Julie Stevanja have rebranded their bargain-finding app Her Black Book as Wrapd, rolled out a browser version, and raised $1.8 million from returning plus four fresh backers.
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Sydney payments company Till Payments secured a $70 million Series D led by Silva Fortune weeks after cutting 120 staff, with new board members joining and a US listing planned.
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The founders of the shuttered Stylerunner have raised seed funding for their new shopping app Her Black Book, led by Andrew Hagger with Touch Ventures support; the article recalls Stylerunner's acquisition by Accent Group.
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Australian regtech CredShare raised about $2.7 million from investors including Touch Ventures and Ellerston Capital, valuing it at $14 million, while unveiling a platform update for credential verification.
Australian payments firm Till Payments has acquired Ziosk's ZIPS payment processing unit to expand in the US, with Kevin Brown becoming Till North America's Head of Strategy; Till raised $125 million last year.
Weekly roundup reporting many startup funding rounds, Investible's fund close, Skalata's committed capital, hipages buying Builderscrack, Stack Sports acquiring Team App, and Level Equity's stake purchase in Eftsure.
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Weekly roundup of nine Australian startup raises, led by SimPRO's $485.6 million round, plus SimPRO's acquisitions of AroFlo and ClockShark and Open Markets Group's buyout of Cannon Trading.
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Payments company Visa has taken a stake in open data platform Basiq to speed its API growth, with Visa and Touch Ventures each adding a representative to the company's board.
Venture firm Touch Ventures debuted on the ASX, raising $100 million in its IPO and closing sharply higher; Afterpay backed it, and the firm recently put $1 million into Refundid's seed round.