Application YC di Misprint

Winter 2025Active

Misprint ha partecipato a Y Combinator nel batch Winter 2025 come azienda Consumer. Sotto: cosa fa l'azienda, chi l'ha fondata e la sua application a YC, ricostruita domanda per domanda nel form reale di YC.

Batch YC: Winter 2025
Settore: Consumer
Dimensione team: 4
Stato: Active
Lanciata: 2025

Founder

Eva HergetFounder

Cosa fa Misprint

Misprint is an all-in-one marketplace that solves the biggest pain point in the collectibles world: opaque pricing. Collectors, investors, and hobbyists currently rely on scattered data from auction houses, online forums, and reseller platforms, making it difficult to know the true value of their items. Misprint streamlines the process by combining accurate pricing analytics with a seamless buy/sell marketplace, making it easier than ever to understand and monetize collectible assets. Existing marketplaces lack robust, real-time analytics because accurate valuations require deep expertise in both the collectibles domain and advanced pricing algorithms. Misprint’s unique blend of insider trading card knowledge and machine learning allows us to fill this gap. Building these pricing models requires extensive data infrastructure, deep domain expertise, and cutting-edge ML. Recent surges in the trading card market show that collectors crave transparent valuations. The global collectibles market is worth tens of billions of dollars. Eva has experienced the scale of this industry firsthand, generating $500k ARR within three months of taking her Pokemon card-selling side hustle full-time. With additional segments like sports cards, comics, and emerging collectible categories, the growth runway is immense. Co-founders Eva and Jon have been best friends since Exeter, combining finance expertise, a passion for collectibles, and mathematical rigor. By merging Goldman Sachs-level financial analytics with top-tier mathematical talent, Misprint is uniquely positioned to become the go-to platform for fair, transparent pricing in the collectibles space.

Application YC di Misprint, ricostruita

Domanda per Y Combinator

Misprint, batch Winter 2025. Le vere domande del form, risposte da dati pubblici.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

Misprint

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Robinhood for Pokemon cards

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

We are building an all-in-one marketplace that combines real-time pricing analytics with a platform to buy and sell Pokemon cards. Our product solves the problem of opaque pricing by aggregating and analyzing data that is currently scattered across auctions, forums, and reseller sites, giving collectors and investors transparent, accurate valuations and a reliable marketplace.

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

We live and work in New York, NY, and plan to keep the company based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

New York is where we both live and have strong networks. It's also a major center for finance and collectibles culture, which fits our blend of finance expertise and trading card knowledge.

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Questa è l'application YC reale di Misprint?

No. Y Combinator mantiene private le application inviate. Questa è una ricostruzione: le domande del form YC reale, a cui si è risposto usando i dati pubblici di Misprint (note di lancio, background dei founder, descrizione del prodotto). Mostra come un'azienda come Misprint si presenterebbe a YC, non il testo che hanno inviato.