Trading cards of Silicon Valley’s top VCs

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• TouchBase has released collectible trading
  cards featuring Silicon Valley’s top investors and
  advisors. 
• Cards include notable investors like Y
  Combinator co-founder Paul Graham and Andreessen
  Horowitz co-founder Marc Andreessen. 
• The cards include stats for each investor, like their
  total number of investments and number of exits.
• A pack of five cards goes for $59.99. 

Ever think you’d hear someone say: “I’ll trade you a Paul Graham
for a Marc Andreessen?” 

A San Francisco company is hoping that the tech industry’s
biggest VC dealmakers have attained the same kind of celebrity
status that has driven kids to trade baseball cards for
generations. 

New collectible trading cards, created by a company called
TouchBase, feature Silicon Valley’s top investors and
advisors, including Y Combinator co-founder Paul
Graham, Andreessen Horowitz co-founder Marc Andreessen,
Benchmark general partner Bill Gurley, and Mary Meeker, formerly
a partner at Kleiner Perkins. 

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The cards include stats for each investor, like their total
number of investments and number of exits.

They’re also not cheap. A pack of five cards goes for
$59.99. 

But, as TouchBase mentions on their website, “the VCs
featured have had multiple exits, but are on their way to more.
This makes their cards highly collectible.” 

Some of the rarest VC cards include Don Valentine
(Sequoia, an investor in Atari), Mike Markkula (Angel,
an investor in Apple), and Jenny Lee (GGV, an investor
in Alibaba). A recent Boing
Boing report showed one lucky collector scored a Sam
Altman in their pack. 

A TouchBase spokesperson wouldn’t confirm how many
different VC cards exist today, but said it’s “always creating
new series.” In fact, on the company’s website, visitors can
suggest new investors or founders that they’d like to see added
to the collection. 

To view the entire collection, TouchBase is offering a
limited number of
private showings in their San Francisco office. 

Packs will start shipping in November — right in time for
the holidays.