About
Sophia Kim is the founder of CatchBack Cards, a platform that combines digital and physical collectible cards with a marketplace for trading and buyback offers.
Founder at CatchBack CardsYC W26
Intro paths
YC
Sophia 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, Sophia can intro founders to CatchBack Cards's investors below.
CatchBack Cards's investors · 1
Co-founders at CatchBack Cards
JZ
Joseph ZhangFounder
Experience
- CatchBack Cards (YC W26)Co-Foundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- Full-timeFounding Product Designer2024 — 2025
- Georgia Tech School of Industrial DesignInteractive Product Design Lab SA2023Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Georgia Tech CREATE-XIndustrial Designer (Planit Tent)2022 — 2023Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- KeefitUI/UX Design Intern2022
- The Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology (GSMST)3D Modeling and Animation Intern2018 — 2019Lawrenceville, Georgia, United States
Skills & more
Creative StrategyProblem SolvingCreative Problem SolvingDesign ThinkingLeadership1Interactive MediaDesign DirectionExperiential DesignInteroperabilityUI/UXConcept DevelopmentConcept Generation
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UI/UX DesignInteraction DesignStorytellingCreative DesignComputer TechnologyUser InteractionBlenderUser-centered DesignStoryboardingWireframingGraphic DesignService Design- Essential Skills in Generative AI for Creatives by Adobe — Adobe
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Sophia Kim?
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- Where does Sophia Kim work?
- Sophia Kim is Founder of CatchBack Cards.
- What companies did Sophia Kim found?
- Sophia Kim founded CatchBack Cards.
- Where did Sophia Kim go to school?
- Sophia Kim studied at Georgia Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Science - BS, Industrial Design); The Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology (GSMST).
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