Investment Summary

Oxford Capital and Talis Capital Invest In Import.io

On January 12, 2016, venture capital firm Oxford Capital and growth capital firm Talis Capital invested in internet software and services company Import.io

Investment Highlights
  • This is Oxford Capital’s 1st and Talis Capital’s 3rd transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Oxford Capital’s 1st and Talis Capital’s 4th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Oxford Capital’s 1st and Talis Capital’s 2nd transaction in Texas.
Investment Fate
  • Import.io was sold to a strategic buyer in 2025.

Investment Summary

Date 2016-01-12
Target Import.io
Sector Internet Software and Services
Investor(s) Oxford Capital
Talis Capital
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

Import.io

San Antonio, Texas, United States
Import.io is a business data platform focused on enabling businesses to convert a website to a spreadsheet or an API. Import.io was founded in 2012 and is based in San Antonio, Texas.

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Investor(S) 2

DESCRIPTION

Oxford Capital is a private investment management firm that looks to acquire stakes in unlisted UK-based companies. The Firm's strategies include early stage venture capital, infrastructure, and opportunities in media. Oxford Capital was formed in 1999 and is headquartered in Oxford, England.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 3
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: Texas M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2016 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-08-10 Oxitec

Oxford, United Kingdom

Oxitec Ltd. is a provider of biological insect control solutions. Oxitec Ltd. was founded in 2002 and is based in Oxford, UK.

Sell $160M
Investor

Talis Capital

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor


Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 2009
Size Small
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Talis Capital is the private equity manager for the private equity and direct invesment holdings of the Finch family and other high net worth individuals. Talis to invest up to $10 million to support a variety of needs including acquisitions, recapitalizations, development needs, and restructurings. The Firm can act as a sole investor or with a syndicate and will consider opportunities throughout the UK, Europe, and North America. Talis Capital was formed in 2009 and is based in London, United Kingdom.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 13 of 49
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 3 of 15
Type: Growth Capital M&A Deals 4 of 14
State: Texas M&A 2 of 2
Country: United States M&A 4 of 14
Year: 2016 M&A 2 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-01-01 Second Home

London, United Kingdom

Second Home is a workspace and cultural venue for entrepreneurs, innovators and social impact organizations with sites in London, Lisbon and LA. Second Home was founded in 2014 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-09-14 Luminance

London, United Kingdom

Luminance is a document analysis software that will transform the approach to big data. Luminance’s pioneering technology, the Legal Inference Transformation Engine (LITE), uniquely combines supervised and unsupervised machine learning to provide the most robust, powerful platform for legal analysis available to lawyers. Luminance was founded in 2015 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

Buy -