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CatchBack Cards

The most thrilling way to create and rip digital collectible packs

Y CombinatorWinter 2026ActiveConsumerGaming

What they do

Problem

Collectors lack a trusted, exciting, and convenient way to open mystery packs with transparent odds and easily receive, sell, or cash out the physical cards they pull.

Solution

CatchBack Cards is a mobile and web platform for creating and ripping cryptographically verifiable digital collectible packs that ship physical cards and enables instant buyback payouts and a low-cost marketplace.

Who it's for

Pokemon and sports card collectors who want to open custom mystery packs, receive physical cards, and buy, sell, or cash out pulls.

Founders

Joseph Zhang
Founder

Previously early engineer at a crypto startup building a DEX and NFT launch platform. Former consultant at McKinsey working on AI transformation projects for large enterprises, and software engineer at AWS focused on cloud storage infrastructure. Personally sold over $500K in Pokémon cards, giving deep familiarity with the collectibles ecosystem.

Sophia Kim
Founder

Building a gamified Web3 platform for liquidity in the collectibles space.

Open roles 2

GTM
San Francisco, CA, US · Full-time · $100K - $135K · 0.25% - 1.00%
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Growth Intern (Fall, Winter cycles)
San Francisco, CA, US · Internship · $20 - $50 / hourly
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