aid: crocodoc
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/crocodoc.png
name: Crocodoc
description: Crocodoc built an HTML5-based document viewing and annotation API that converted PDF,
  Word, PowerPoint, and Excel files into HTML5 for plugin-free, in-browser viewing, embedding, and
  markup. A 500 Startups / Y Combinator-lineage company, Crocodoc was acquired by Box in 2013, and its
  document-rendering technology became the foundation of the Box View API (later Box Content Preview /
  UI Elements). The standalone Crocodoc API was subsequently deprecated and the crocodoc.com domain is
  no longer active. This profile is retained as a historical/acquired-company record in the API
  Evangelist network; there is no live API surface to enrich.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/crocodoc/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- 500-global
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-status: acquired
x-acquired-by: box
x-acquired-year: '2013'
x-domain-status: defunct
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
tags:
- Company
- Documents
- Document Viewer
- PDF
- Annotation
- Document Conversion
- HTML5
- Acquired
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://crocodoc.com
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence