Series Seed Pitch

The Marketplace is Dead. The Hunt is On.

PokeHub is a mobile-first, gamified Pokémon card marketplace built on zero-friction CV scanning, instant 24-hour auctions, and viral Treasure Drops — not a catalog. Not a storefront. A live arena.

$12B

TCG Market Size

Platform Take Rate

24h

Auction Cycle

01 — For the Domain Expert

The Evolution
of the Hustle

Right now, the business runs across three broken systems. Every platform takes a cut. Every algorithm change costs sales. Every listing is manual. That ends here.

⚠ The Old Way

Fragmented Web Store & Third-Party Marketplaces

💸

Platform Fees Eating Margin TCGPlayer, eBay, StockX — each take 10–15% per sale. Lose before you start.

⏱

Manual Listing, Every Single Card Photography, grading, writing descriptions, uploading — hours per session. Not scalable.

📉

Algorithm Dependence One eBay policy update or TCGPlayer fee change wipes your visibility overnight.

📢

Manual Social Media Giveaways Spending real money on "follow + RT" giveaways. Zero retention. Rented audience.

🙈

Zero Customer Data Ownership You don't own the customer. The platform does. Email? Forget it.

✦ The Platform Way

The Unified PokeHub Ecosystem

💎

5% Take Rate. You Keep 95%. No listing fees. No final value fees. Flat 5% on completed auctions. That's it.

📱

Scan → Live in 30 Seconds Point your phone at a card. CV engine IDs it, pulls market price, and pushes to auction automatically.

🎯

You Own the Algorithm Built-in Treasure Drop system IS your marketing. No dependency on external platforms ever again.

🏆

Treasure Drops Replace Giveaways Platform-funded drops create viral FOMO events. Your audience comes to you — and keeps coming back.

📊

Full Customer Data & CRM Every buyer is YOUR customer. Email, behavior, purchase history. Your list. Your asset.

02 — The Product

The Core Loop

Three steps. Thirty seconds. From physical card to live global auction with thousands of buyers watching.

📸

Scan

Point. Tap. Done. Computer vision identifies the card, condition, set, and pulls live market comps in under 3 seconds.

⚡

Charizard VMAX — $380

AWAITING CARD

🔥

Auction

Price auto-suggested via market API. Pushed to a 24-hour live auction instantly. Real buyers, real bids, real-time tension.

SUGGESTED FLOOR$340

CURRENT HIGH BID$412

TIME REMAINING23:47:11

💫

Drop

Platform-funded Treasure Drops flood the arena with thousands of hunters competing for exclusive deals. FOMO is the engine.

3,847

LIVE HUNTERS IN THIS DROP

03 — The Synergy

Why This Team Wins

Four roles. Zero redundancy. Every unfair advantage covered.

🧠

Founder

Vision &
Architecture

UI/UX Systems Design Growth Loop Architecture Digital Consulting Brand Positioning

✦ Designs the product experience AND the viral marketing loops. One brain, two functions.

💰

Investor

Capital &
Network

Seed Funding Treasure Drop Budget Strategic Connections Business Development

✦ Funds the Drops that drive virality. The fuel in the engine from Day 1.

⚙️

CTO

Execution &
Scale

React / Next.js SPA Serverless API Layer CV Model Integration Real-Time Bidding WS

✦ Builds the entire technical backbone. Frontend SPA to serverless edge functions.

🎴

Domain Expert

Supply &
Authority

Existing Inventory Card Authentication Community Trust Drop Curation

✦ The first seller AND the market authority. Instant credibility from launch day.

04 — For the Investor

The Numbers

Drag the sliders. Watch the revenue model respond in real time. This isn't speculation — it's a 5% take rate on a proven transaction type.

⚡ Viral Drop ROI Simulator

LIVE CALCULATION

Monthly Active Users 10,000

            1K100K
          

Avg. Auction Transaction ($) $85

            $10$500
          

Auction Participation Rate (%) 12%

            2%40%
          

MODEL ASSUMPTION

5% flat transaction fee on all completed auctions. Treasure Drop budget estimated at 15% of gross platform revenue for user acquisition.

Estimated Monthly Platform Revenue

$51,000

per month @ 5% take rate

Gross Auction Volume $1,020,000

Platform Revenue (5%) $51,000

Treasure Drop Budget (15%) -$7,650

Net Monthly Revenue $43,350

Projected Annual Revenue $520,200

05 — For the Tech Guy

The Stack

Zero compromise on architecture. Serverless-first, edge-deployed, built to scale from 1,000 to 1,000,000 users without a rewrite.

Frontend

React Native + Next.js

Mobile-first React Native app (iOS + Android)

Next.js 14 App Router for web SPA

Zustand for auction state management

WebSocket-driven live bid feed

Offline-capable card scanning queue

Backend

Serverless Edge API

Vercel Edge Functions (sub-50ms latency)

Supabase (Postgres + Realtime subscriptions)

Redis for auction state caching

Stripe Connect for seller payouts

Rate-limited public API for partner integrations

Computer Vision

CV Pipeline

Custom-trained card classification model

Google Vision API fallback layer

PSA/BGS grade estimation via ML

TCGPlayer + eBay sold comps API

On-device processing for scan speed

Request Architecture Flow

Mobile App

React Native + Camera CV

→

Edge Function

Vercel / Cloudflare Workers

→

CV Engine

Card ID + Grade + Price

→

Auction DB

Supabase Realtime

→

Live Feed

WebSocket Push to All Clients

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Vault Authentication Protocol

Any card auctioned above $500 triggers mandatory Vault Authentication. The seller must submit physical card imagery against our ML-verified PSA/BGS database. A platform escrow hold is placed on funds until authentication clears. This is our trust moat — the thing no third-party marketplace currently does at this speed.

Let's Build

Poké-hub
The Arena.

The Pokémon card market is $12B and growing. The current platforms are slow, greedy, and fragmented. We have the supply, the tech, the capital, and the vision. The only question is: when do we move?