CatchBack Cards
CatchBack Cards is a YC Winter 2026 (W26) company. Based in San Francisco, CA, USA. Team of 2.
About CatchBack Cards
Summary
CatchBack Cards builds a mobile and web platform for Pokémon and sports card collectors to create and open custom digital mystery packs with personalized odds, verified by cryptographic tooling. Collectors pull cards digitally and receive the physical cards by mail, buyback offers paid out via Venmo or PayPal, or access to a $1 card marketplace. The platform replaces opaque, static retail pack formats with a configurable, collector-driven experience built around the chase for specific cards.
Business model
A $1 card marketplace plus buyback offers and pack transactions
Go-to-market
Pokémon and sports card collectors discover and use the platform self-serve through the mobile app and website.
From the Y Combinator listing
The most thrilling way to create and rip digital collectible packs
CatchBack Cards is a mobile app and website platform for maximizing the thrill of collecting Pokemon and Sports cards. We allow collectors to create custom mystery packs with personalized chases and customized odds with cryptographically trusted tooling. Users can rip open digital packs and get physical cards shipped to them, receive buyback offers on cards pulled from their mystery packs sent straight to Venmo and PayPal, and buy/sell cards in our $1 marketplace.
Facts
- Consumer / Consumer -> Gaming
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- 2
- Active
- Early
Founders (1)
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