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Touch Ventures
Touch Ventures is an ASX-listed investment holding company that provides growth capital to high growth, scalable businesses. It typically invests $3m to $10m...
Touch Ventures
Touch Ventures is an ASX-listed investment holding company that provides growth capital to high growth, scalable businesses. It typically invests $3m to $10m in post-revenue and late-stage companies and can invest locally and offshore. Primary focus areas include retail innovation, e-commerce enablement, finance/fintech, consumer, B2B software and data.
General information
Firm type
Venture Capital
Year founded
2019
Location
Region
Oceania
Country
Australia
City
Sydney
Corporate office
Sydney, Australia
Principals
Gary Xu
Investment Director
Franco Venter
Associate
Michael Jefferies
Independent, non-executive Chair
Glenn Poswell
Independent, non-executive Director
Sophie Karzis
Independent, non-executive Director
Frequently asked questions
How is Touch Ventures related to Afterpay?
Touch Ventures is widely understood in Australian markets to have connections to Afterpay's founders and early shareholders, though the precise legal or beneficial relationship has not been publicly detailed by the firm. During Afterpay's rapid growth and eventual acquisition by Block (formerly Square), several investment entities linked to the founders and early backers became active in Australian venture and growth equity — Touch Ventures is consistently referenced as one of these vehicles in market commentary.
What investment stages does Touch Ventures target?
The firm's stated strategy covers the full venture continuum: early stage, seed, start-up, expansion, late stage, and venture general. This broad mandate means Touch Ventures can participate in initial seed rounds but also hold or add to positions through later-stage growth financings, giving the firm an unusual degree of flexibility compared to stage-specific Australian peers.
Which sectors does Touch Ventures focus on?
No sector-specific investment thesis has been published by the firm. Given the Australian market context and the Afterpay lineage, a reasonable assumption is that consumer finance, payments, and enterprise technology represent natural areas of interest, but the firm has not disclosed specialized sector mandates or explicit exclusions.
Does Touch Ventures disclose AUM or return metrics?
The firm does not publish assets under management, fund-level returns, or total deployment figures. Without a public website, LinkedIn presence, or regulatory filings that include such data, the scale of capital managed by Touch Ventures remains undisclosed.
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