Collect Pure · Jul 2026
Explains Pure's fee structure, verification process, and how it compares with eBay for modern U.S. Mint releases.
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Pure is a YC S23 marketplace for rare coins and precious metals. It runs an order-book-style platform for buying, selling, analyzing, verifying, and vaulting precious metals and numismatic coins, with public API and educational content layered on top.
Primary product
Order-book marketplace for rare coins and precious metals
Founded
2022
Headquarters
Berkeley, California, United States (public profiles also list a Beverly Hills, CA address)
Team size
1-10
Work style
Flexible
Industry
Internet Marketplace Platforms
Sub-industry
Rare coins and precious metals marketplace
Offices
Business model
Stage
Early Stage VC
Total raised
$16.1M
Latest round
Early Stage VC · Nov 2025
Latest amount
$15.6M
Nov 2025
Jul 2023
Jan 2023 · Y Combinator
Leadership
Co-Founder & CEO
Co-Founder & CTO
Director of Operations
Investors
Fast-moving, product- and operations-heavy team focused on transparency, security, liquidity, and modernizing a legacy collectibles/precious-metals market. Public job posts emphasize ownership, speed, correctness, and hands-on execution.
Work style
Flexible
Compensation
Public job listings show a Full-Stack Software Engineer role at $145K-$250K and a Founding GTM Leader (Sales) role at $135K-$300K. Benefits advertised include medical/dental, 401(k) match, daily lunches, and a wellness stipend; work arrangements can be remote, hybrid, or in-office in Los Angeles depending on the role.
Benefits
Pricing
Order-book marketplace; seller fees start around 0.75% for bullion, 1.0% for silver/platinum/palladium, and 1.5% for numismatic items, with buyer-side fees generally absent except for optional card surcharges on Pure Priority items.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
Approximately $3M-$8M annualized gross fee revenue, inferred from public monthly transaction volume and published seller-fee schedule; highly approximate.
Estimated monthly visits
5.5K
Traffic estimate as of Aug 2025
Collect Pure · Jul 2026
Explains Pure's fee structure, verification process, and how it compares with eBay for modern U.S. Mint releases.
Collect Pure · Sep 2025
Announces a pre-verified inventory section stored in a COMEX depository with faster shipping and limited restocks.
FindBullionPrices · Jun 2025
Independent site added live Collect Pure bid/ask data to its bullion comparison pages, citing improved price transparency.
Venture Scout · Apr 2024
Startup profile summarizes Pure's founding, product, team size, and early funding, and discusses its database and computer-vision-driven valuation angle.
Y Combinator · Jun 2023
Launch post describes the original rare-coin pricing and population-data product and the founding team.