Import.io

Import.io is a SaaS web data integration (WDI) platform, which allows people to convert unstructured web data into a structured format by extracting, preparing and integrating web data for consumption in analytic platforms or used in business, sales or marketing applications.

Import.io
Private Corporation
Founded2012
FoundersMatthew Painter, (CTO)
Andrew Fogg, (CDO)
David White
Headquarters
Campbell, CA
Key people
Gary Read (CEO)
ServicesWeb data integration
Websitehttp://import.io

Import.io provides a visual environment for automating the workflow of extracting and transforming web data. After specifying the target website url, the web data extraction module provides a visual environment for designing automated workflows for harvesting data, going beyond HTML parsing of static content to automate end user interactions yielding data that would otherwise not be immediately visible.

Once extracted, the software provides full data preparation capabilities that are used for harmonizing and cleansing the web data and offers a library of spreadsheet-like functions enabling the end user to build custom formulas that can be used to enrich the dataset.

For consuming the results, Import.io provides several options. It has its own visualization and dashboarding module to help business analysts gain the insights that they need, and it also provides APIs that offer full access to everything that can be done on their platform, allowing web data to be integrated directly into their own applications.   

History

The company is headquartered in Campbell, CA. The company was founded by David White, Andrew Fogg and Matthew Painter. Import.io incorporated in June 2012 in London and launched the first version of its SaaS app in April 2016.

Awards

Import.io has won a number of startup awards including Best Startup by O'Reilly Strata Santa Clara,[1] GigaOM[2] and Web Summit.[3]

Funding

Import.io has raised a total of $38.3M[4] from its founders along with Angel Investors David Axmark (co-founder of MySQL) and Louis Monier (co-founder of AltaVista) as well as Venture Capital firms Touchstone Innovations, Oxford Capital, Delin Capital, OpenOcean, Jerry Yang's (founder of Yahoo) fund AME Cloud Ventures and Wellington Partners. [5]

Acquisitions

The following is a list of acquisitions by Import.io:

  • Connotate (February 2019) [6]

Features

Import.io has a number of features:[7]

  • Auto-extraction - Automatically extract data from web pages into a structured dataset
  • Extractor builder - Point and click to build extractors
  • Authentication - Extract data from behind a login/password
  • Scheduler - Schedule extractors to run exactly when you need them to
  • Reporting - What's changed reports and website comparison reports
  • Online datastore - Use the SaaS platform to store data that is extracted
  • Throughput - Fast, parallelized data acquisition distributed automatically by scalable cloud architecture
  • Uptime - High availability for high volume usage
  • Free trial available on https://www.import.io

References
  1. "Winning and Strata Santa Clara", import.io blog, March 6, 2013
  2. Stacey Higginbotham, "Import.io wins the Structure:Europe 2013 Launchpad", GigaOm, September 18, 2013
  3. Sieuwert van Otterloo, "Placemeter and Import IO winners of the Websummit startup competition", StartUpJuncture, November 1, 2013
  4. Crunchbase, "import.io Crunchbase profile", Crunchbase.com
  5. Mike Butcher, "Import.io raises $13m Series A for its data extraction platform", Tech Crunch, January 12, 2016
  6. Wiggers, Kyle. "Web data integration startup Import.io acquires Connotate to bolster its IP and customer base". Venture Beat. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  7. , "Import.io features"
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