tash YC Application

Summer 2026Active

San Francisco

tash went through Y Combinator in the Summer 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: Summer 2026
Industry: Consumer
Location: San Francisco
Team size: 4
Status: Active
Launched: 2026

Founders

John OhannesianFounder/CEO
Nathan BorshellFounder/CTO
Victor ShammasFounder/CPO
Nicolas SharmaFounder/COO

What tash does

tash is building the investment platform for sports and trading cards. We create professionally constructed portfolios of iconic, investment-grade cards, giving investors exposure to the asset class without the hassle of selecting, buying, storing, and selling individual cards. Trading card investing remains fragmented, opaque, and difficult to access. tash is building the infrastructure to make the asset class simpler, more transparent, and professionally managed. We are currently pursuing SEC qualification to launch regulated investment offerings backed by trading cards.

tash's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

tash, Summer 2026 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

tash

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Investment platform for trading cards.

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

We're building tash, the investment platform for sports and trading cards. Investors get access to curated portfolios of high-quality, investment-grade cards, without dealing with buying, storing, or selling cards themselves. We're making card investing more transparent and accessible, with SEC-regulated products coming as we pursue qualification. All the card sourcing, authentication, and portfolio construction is handled by us.

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

We live and work in San Francisco, and the company will stay based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco gives us access to investors, collectors, and fintech talent. We're close to the early adopters and partners we want.

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 tash YC application?

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