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Joseph Zhang

Founder

Founder at CatchBack Cards

Stanford, California, United States

FoundedCatchBack Cards · YC

About

Joseph Zhang was an early engineer at a cryptocurrency startup developing a DEX and NFT platform, a consultant at McKinsey on AI transformation for enterprises, and a software engineer at AWS focused on cloud storage infrastructure. He has direct experience in collectibles trading and the Pokémon card market.

Founder at CatchBack CardsYC W26

Intro paths

YC

Joseph went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, Backing expeditions into the future — the partner who ran CatchBack Cards's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Joseph can intro founders to CatchBack Cards's investors below.

CatchBack Cards's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at CatchBack Cards

SKSophia Kim
Sophia KimFounder

Experience

  1. CatchBack CardsFoundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  2. NexusSoftware Engineer2025
  3. McKinsey & CompanyConsultant - Digital and Analytics2024 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
  4. Amazon Web Services (AWS)Software Engineer2024Seattle, Washington, United States
  5. The Farmlink ProjectSoftware Engineer2023 — 2024
  6. McKinsey & CompanyBusiness Analyst - Digital and Analytics2022Atlanta, Georgia, United States
  7. AbilityHacksCS for Social Good Studio Instructor2021Atlanta, Georgia, United States
  8. UNICEFSoftware Engineer2020

Skills & more

C++1MATLAB1Swift (Programming Language)1Python (Programming Language)1Microsoft OfficeC

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Joseph Zhang?
Joseph Zhang was an early engineer at a cryptocurrency startup developing a DEX and NFT platform, a consultant at McKinsey on AI transformation for enterprises, and a software engineer at AWS focused on cloud storage infrastructure. He has direct experience in collectibles trading and the Pokémon card market.
Where does Joseph Zhang work?
Joseph Zhang is Founder of CatchBack Cards.
What companies did Joseph Zhang found?
Joseph Zhang founded CatchBack Cards.
Where did Joseph Zhang go to school?
Joseph Zhang studied at Stanford University (Master's degree, Computer Science); Stanford University (Bachelor's degree, Cognitive Science); The Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology (GSMST) (High School Diploma).

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