# Touch Ventures

> Touch Ventures is a VC fund in Sydney backing E-Commerce and Payments. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, Australia
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Jan 2025
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/touchventures
- Website: https://www.touchventures.com/

Touch Ventures is a VC fund in Sydney focused on E-Commerce and Payments. Touch Ventures provides high growth, scalable companies that have a proven revenue model with access to capital and, where appropriate, Afterpay's experience, merchants and customers. Particular areas of interest include retail innovation, consumer, finance and data with a preference for businesses that are or can expand globally.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.6M–$12M |
| Series A | $4M–$16M |
| Venture - Series Unknown | $2.7M–$17M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 4 | 33% |
| Payments | 2 | 17% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 17% |
| Banking | 1 | 8% |
| Fashion | 1 | 8% |

27 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 4 | 33% |
| Series A | 3 | 25% |
| Seed | 2 | 17% |
| Series C | 2 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Australia | 8 | 67% |
| United States | 1 | 8% |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 8% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Carl-Olav Scheible | Principal | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carl-olav-scheible |
| Hein Vogel | CEO | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hein-vogel |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reshop | Reshop is a technology firm that specializes in eliminating online refund fraud. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Brisbane, Queensland. | $17M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 15, 2025 |  |
| Breef | Breef is bringing the agency online. As the modern outsourcing solution, their platform connects leading brands with boutique agencies for all their digital and creative needs. The company was founded in New York by George Raptis and Emily Bibb. | $16M | Series A | Nov 03, 2022 |  |
| Refundid | Refundid is a Sydney-based start-up on a quest to solve one of the most pressing challenges in e-commerce. | $12M | Seed | Jul 18, 2022 |  |
| Postpay | Postpay partners with thousands of retail brands and e-commerce platforms, enabling customers to purchase products immediately and pay in three equal, interest-free installments over time. This model helps consumers manage cash flow while giving merchants a way to increase sales and customer conversion rates. The service is typically integrated atcheckout, where shoppers can choose Postpay as a payment option and complete purchases through its app or payment gateway. | $10M | Series A | May 05, 2022 |  |
| Her Black Book | Her Black Book is a curated Shopping & Discovery App, for women who love to shop. The chic platform enables shoppers to browse for their favourite brands, discover new products, great deals, and promos via discounts and Cashback features. HBB provides retailers a premium incentive destination that aligns with their brand's style andvalues and offers a digital magazine of styling tips and engaging content across fashion, beauty, lifestyle, and business. | $1.6M | Seed | Feb 27, 2022 |  |
| CredShare | CredShare is a platform for managing all of your staff and company credentials in one place. | $2.7M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 03, 2022 |  |
| Preezie | Inspired by the way customers sort through hundreds of products in-store with the help of a sales consultant, Preezie helps eCommerce and lead generation brands guide their customers to convert.On average 30% of in-store visitors convert. On a website only 2% of visitors convert, with 50% leaving a website because they can’t find the rightproduct.Preezie overcomes this by helping consumers evaluate their buying criteria and enables them to make product decisions through smart recommendations. It’s like having an in-store sales expert with you.Trusted brands like Porter Davis, Retail Apparel Group and Nicks Wine use Preezie to improve customer experience and increase conversion rates by up to 600%. | $4M | Series A | Nov 23, 2021 |  |
| Till Payments | Till Payments was founded in 2012 with the primary focus of helping technology vendors and their customers streamline their payments acceptance and operations. SimplePay is a leading payment technology company, specializing in card payment processing around the world. With connections into over 300 financial institutions across 6 continents,SimplePay enables its customers to trade and transact with their customers in a simple, effective and secure environment.SimplePay's focus is clear customer-centric payment experiences across all channels providing tremendous insights to government and private operators in the Parking, Transit, Specialty Retail & Hospitality industries. We are the leader is multi-step payment journey's and revenue assurance solutions. | $11.1M | Series C | Nov 05, 2021 |  |
| Refundid | Refundid is a Sydney-based start-up on a quest to solve one of the most pressing challenges in e-commerce. | $2.2M | Seed | Sep 02, 2021 |  |
| Postpay | Postpay partners with thousands of retail brands and e-commerce platforms, enabling customers to purchase products immediately and pay in three equal, interest-free installments over time. This model helps consumers manage cash flow while giving merchants a way to increase sales and customer conversion rates. The service is typically integrated atcheckout, where shoppers can choose Postpay as a payment option and complete purchases through its app or payment gateway. | $10M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 28, 2021 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Afterpay](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/afterpay-bb1f) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [1745 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bertelsmann-digital-media-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Burst Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/burst-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ellerston Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ellerston-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Federation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/federation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Full Circle Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/full-circle-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Touch Ventures invest in?

Touch Ventures invests primarily in E-Commerce, Payments and Financial Services startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown and Series A stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Touch Ventures's check size?

Touch Ventures typically joins rounds of $1.6M–$12M at Seed, $4M–$16M at Series A and $2.7M–$17M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Touch Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Touch Ventures?

Public channels for Touch Ventures include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Touch Ventures?

The team at Touch Ventures includes Carl-Olav Scheible (Principal) and Hein Vogel (CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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