# J. Taylor Crandall

> J. Taylor Crandall is a seed investor at Oak Hill Capital Partners backing Legal and FinTech. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Oak Hill Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oak-hill-capital-partners)
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Mar 2019
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

J. Taylor Crandall is a Managing Partner of Oak Hill Capital Partners and has been part of the firm since 1986. Mr. Crandall has senior responsibility for originating, structuring and managing investments for the firm's Media and Telecom and Technology industry groups. Prior to joining Oak Hill, Mr. Crandall was a Vice President withthe First National Bank of Boston, where he managed a leveraged buyout group and the bank's Dallas energy office. Mr. Crandall earned a B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from Bowdoin College, where he has served on the Board of Overseers.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Legal | 1 | 50% |
| FinTech | 1 | 50% |
| Finance | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Marketing | 1 | 50% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 1 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| iComply Investor Services Inc. | iComply is a global and intuitive digital compliance administrator that helps compliance teams cut down on tedious KYC work and better manage AML risk throughout the customer lifecycle.We use AI to automate multiple layers of data validation: facial biometrics, document authentication, AML search compilation and results filtering to cut the totalcost of compliance by up to 90%. | $1.4M | Seed | Mar 01, 2019 |  |
| Wine By Design, Inc. | Wine by Design sits at the cross sector of the multi-billion-dollar sports and wine industries bridging sourcing, distribution, ecommerce and category strategy. To-date the company has restructured and secured undervalued wine licensing contracts and inked first-time exclusive ecommerce contracts with MLB and NFL teams —essentially changing thelandscape for professional sports team branded wines and paving the way for more lucrative sponsorship deals with the major wine companies. |  | Seed | May 24, 2018 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Click Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/click-venture-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Draper Cygnus](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/draper-cygnus) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hatzimemos / Libby](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hatzimemos-libby) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Venture University](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/venture-university) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [VU Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vu-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Oak Hill Capital Partners

VC Fund · New York, United States

Oak Hill Partners is a private equity firm headquarted in Stamford, Connecticut. Robert M. Bass is the firms lead investor. Oak Hill Capital is one of several Oak Hill partnerships, each of which has an independent management team. These Oak Hill partnerships have invested significant capital across multiple asset classes, including private equity,special situations, high yield and bank debt, venture capital, real estate and a public equity exchange fund.

5 contacts available at Oak Hill Capital Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adam Hahn | Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adam-hahn-f50d |
| Charles B. Patton | Partners | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charles-b-patton |
| Jennifer Jun | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jennifer-jun-edf8 |
| J. Taylor Crandall | Managing Partners | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/j-taylor-crandall |
| Peter B. Armstrong | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peter-b-armstrong |

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## FAQ

### What does J. Taylor Crandall invest in?

J. Taylor Crandall invests primarily in Legal, FinTech and Finance startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did J. Taylor Crandall last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for J. Taylor Crandall closed in Mar 2019. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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