Joshua Ernst

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About Investor

Joshua Ernst is an Investor at Polychain Capital, focusing on seed through Series B investments in Web3/Blockchain, Web3/Crypto, and Real Estate/PropTech, with checks between $500K and $5.0M. He is concurrently CEO and Co-Founder of Backflip, a proptech and fintech company he founded in October 2020 that helps real estate entrepreneurs acquire and renovate single-family homes, based in Dallas, Texas. He previously held roles including COO at Trelly, Principal at Revel Partners, and CEO and Co-Founder of urBin LLC (acquired by Dumbo Moving & Storage), and has been an investor and advisor to MarketMuse, Curacity, LiftIgniter, Nexosis, and Zype. He has a background in finance and investment banking, with earlier roles at Sandler O'Neill + Partners and Gleacher Partners. He holds a Finance degree from the University of Texas at Austin's Red McCombs School of Business.