CatchBack Cards

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The most thrilling way to create and rip digital collectible packs

Winter 2026Founded 20252 peopleSan Francisco, CA, USA

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Digital Collectible Card PlatformTransactionalPokemon and sports card collectorsMedium competition

Moat

Cryptographic pack mechanics, custom odds, and buyback marketplace create network effects.

Key risk

IP licensing (Pokemon, sports) constraints; collector adoption dependent on physical card supply.

Why now

Digital collectibles and NFT interest are mainstream; integrating physical shipping is novel.

Competitors

eBay, TCGPlayer, Sorare

About

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.

Founders · 2

Joseph ZhangFounder

Amazon

McKinsey

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.

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