- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": "founded_year", "conflict": "2007 (YC, TechCrunch, MIT News, founders) vs 2010 (Romulus Capital, Tracxn, parsers.vc)", "resolution": "2007 reflects origin as MIT student project/WebNotes; 2010 reflects YC entry and enterprise pivot", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/crocodoc", "https://romuluscap.com/crocodoc", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/crocodoc/__lEYrWA4Cq2v-6mmWo5eJZ_IwcFReUspji1KMAt0nMe8", "https://vator.tv/2012-05-01-crocodoc-arming-companies-to-compete-with-google-drive/"]}, {"field": "yc_batch", "conflict": "Business Insider incorrectly calls Crocodoc a '2007 Y-Combinator alum'", "resolution": "YC and multiple primary sources confirm Winter 2010 batch", "source_urls": ["https://www.businessinsider.com/box-buys-crocodoc-to-best-dropbox-2013-5", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/crocodoc"]}, {"field": "founders", "conflict": "Tracxn lists only Bennett Rogers, Ryan Damico, Matt Long; omits Peter Lai", "resolution": "YC, Romulus, founders blog, and MIT News list four co-founders including Peter Lai", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/crocodoc/__lEYrWA4Cq2v-6mmWo5eJZ_IwcFReUspji1KMAt0nMe8", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/crocodoc", "https://romuluscap.com/crocodoc"]}, {"field": "investors", "conflict": "Investor lists differ: TechCrunch 2010 cites XG Ventures and Dave McClure; YC page cites 500 Startups and Shan Sinha instead", "resolution": "Both sets likely participated across YC/angel rounds; no authoritative single cap table published", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2010/07/14/crocodoc-edit-pdf-online/", "https://techcrunch.com/2013/05/09/box-acquires-crocodoc-to-add-html5-document-converter-and-sleek-content-experience-to-cloud-storage-platform/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/crocodoc"]}, {"field": "funding_amount", "gap": "Angel round size never disclosed at announcement; only later aggregate '~$1M+' cited at acquisition", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2010/07/14/crocodoc-edit-pdf-online/", "https://techcrunch.com/2013/05/09/box-acquires-crocodoc-to-add-html5-document-converter-and-sleek-content-experience-to-cloud-storage-platform/"]}, {"field": "acquisition_price", "gap": "Box acquisition price not disclosed", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2013/05/09/box-acquires-crocodoc-to-add-html5-document-converter-and-sleek-content-experience-to-cloud-storage-platform/", "https://news.mit.edu/2013/crocodoc-1029"]}, {"field": "employees", "conflict": "Tracxn reports 1 employee as of 2026; acquisition-era sources report 7", "resolution": "7 at acquisition is authoritative; post-acquisition standalone entity data is stale/unreliable", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/crocodoc/__lEYrWA4Cq2v-6mmWo5eJZ_IwcFReUspji1KMAt0nMe8", "https://techcrunch.com/2013/05/09/box-acquires-crocodoc-to-add-html5-document-converter-and-sleek-content-experience-to-cloud-storage-platform/"]}, {"field": "document_preview_metrics", "conflict": "189M (May 2013 TechCrunch) vs 200M+ (Oct 2013 MIT News) vs 350M+ embedded (founders blog, later date)", "resolution": "Metrics grew over time; not contradictory snapshots at different dates", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2013/05/09/box-acquires-crocodoc-to-add-html5-document-converter-and-sleek-content-experience-to-cloud-storage-platform/", "https://news.mit.edu/2013/crocodoc-1029", "https://crocodocs.tumblr.com/"]}, {"field": "legal_entity_name", "gap": "No authoritative public source found for registered legal name (e.g., Crocodoc Inc.)", "source_urls": []}]]
- source urls
- ["https://crocodocs.tumblr.com/", "https://news.mit.edu/2013/crocodoc-1029", "https://romuluscap.com/crocodoc", "https://techcrunch.com/2010/07/14/crocodoc-edit-pdf-online/", "https://techcrunch.com/2013/05/09/box-acquires-crocodoc-to-add-html5-document-converter-and-sleek-content-experience-to-cloud-storage-platform/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/crocodoc/__lEYrWA4Cq2v-6mmWo5eJZ_IwcFReUspji1KMAt0nMe8", "https://vator.tv/2012-05-01-crocodoc-arming-companies-to-compete-with-google-drive/", "https://www.businessinsider.com/box-buys-crocodoc-to-best-dropbox-2013-5", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/crocodoc"]