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Crocodoc (YC W10) — Embed PDFs, PowerPoints, and other documents into web and mobile apps

Crocodoc developed the world's most advanced web-based document viewing and collaboration technology for Microsoft Office and PDF files, built on open standards such as HTML5 and CSS3. Whether viewing a document, adding comments to a presentation, highlighting an e-textbook, or filling out a form, we make it easy for companies to create amazing experiences for their users with technology that is secure, scalable, and trusted by top brands in the consumer and enterprise space.

Crocodoc is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2010 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Embed PDFs, PowerPoints, and other documents into web and mobile apps. The founders listed are Ryan Damico (Founder/CEO), Peter Lai (Founder), Matt Long (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, January 17, 2012).

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Crocodoc

New accelerator entry · 2012-01-17 · the record

Winter 2010
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BatchWinter 2010
Announced2012-01-17
StageEarly
StatusAcquired
Team size0
IndustryB2B
Sub-industryB2B -> Engineering, Product and Design
SectorsDocuments, SaaS
RegionsUnited States of America, America / Canada
BasedSan Francisco, CA, USA
HiringNo
Sitehttps://crocodoc.com

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Crocodoc developed the world's most advanced web-based document viewing and collaboration technology for Microsoft Office and PDF files, built on open standards such as HTML5 and CSS3. Whether viewing a document, adding comments to a presentation, highlighting an e-textbook, or filling out a form, we make it easy for companies to create amazing experiences for their users with technology that is secure, scalable, and trusted by top brands in the consumer and enterprise space. Every month users upload millions of documents to Crocodoc, whose customers include top brands such as Dropbox, Yammer, LinkedIn, SAP, and Edmodo. Crocodoc was founded in 2007 and is funded by Y Combinator, SV Angel, 500 Startups, and top angel investors including Joshua Schachter, Paul Buchheit, Steve Chen, and Shan Sinha.

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