CatchBack Cards YC Application

Winter 2026Active

CatchBack Cards went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2026 batch as a Consumer company. Below: what the company does, who founded it, and its application to YC, reconstructed question by question in the real YC form.

YC batch: Winter 2026
Industry: ConsumerGaming
Team size: 2
Status: Active
Launched: 2026

Founders

Joseph ZhangFounder
Sophia KimFounder

What CatchBack Cards does

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.

CatchBack Cards's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

CatchBack Cards, Winter 2026 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

CatchBack Cards

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Create and rip custom digital collectible card packs

What is your company going to make? Please describe your product and what it does or will do.

We built a mobile app and website where collectors create custom mystery packs with personalized odds and chases using cryptographically trusted tools. Users rip digital packs to get physical cards shipped to them, receive instant buyback offers via Venmo and PayPal, and buy or sell cards in a $1 marketplace.

Where do you live now, and where would the company be based after YC?

We live in San Francisco, CA, and plan to keep the company based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco has a strong tech community and potential connections within gaming and collectibles that help us build and grow CatchBack Cards.

21 more answers in the full application

Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference are in the full version. Create a free account to open it in YC Insights, next to every other YC batch.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real CatchBack Cards YC application?

No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from CatchBack Cards's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like CatchBack Cards would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.