LEWIS POLANSKY

Lewis Polansky is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Captain, a property technology startup based in San Francisco, California. Prior to launching the company in 2020, he served as a Product Manager at Zillow and an analyst at McKinsey and Company, where he specialized in real estate technology and market expansion. Under his leadership, Captain has secured over $104 million in debt and equity financing from prominent venture capital firms including NFX and GGV Capital to scale its contractor financing platform. Polansky holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania, where he led research initiatives focused on residential property markets and insurance underwriting models. His current focus centers on expanding Captain's core financial infrastructure to support residential contractors across the United States while actively mitigating regional supply chain disruptions.