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Christian Lawless

Managing Partner at Conversion Capital LLC

New York, New York

Overview 

Christian Lawless is an Investor at Conversion Capital in New York, specializing in capital markets, hedge funds, and structured finance. He has a successful track record of investments in companies like Pylon, Booster, and Figure, contributing to their growth and success. Lawless has founded Conversion Capital LLC and serves on the board of directors for various companies, showcasing his expertise in investment strategies and portfolio management. His investments in companies like Pylon and Figure at different stages demonstrate his ability to identify and support promising ventures.

Work Experience 

  • Founder & Managing Partner

    2015 - Current

    Conversion Capital is a Venture Capital firm investing in early stage cloud infrastructure, software, and data companies across industry.

Conversion Capital is an asset management firm focused on internet and software investments.

  • Board of Directors

    2020

Vesta is building the next generation loan origination system.

Raised $35,000,000.00 from Index Ventures, Parker89, Bain Capital Ventures, Conversion Capital, Zigg Capital and Andreessen Horowitz.

  • Seed Investor

    2019

Ramp is a finance automation platform that helps businesses spend less time and money.

Raised $1,817,000,000.00 from Lux Capital, 8VC, Sequoia Capital, Thrive Capital, General Catalyst, D1 Capital Partners, Founders Fund, Contrary, Greylock and Definition.

  • Strategic Advisor, Investor

    2025

  • Board of Directors

    2022

  • Board of Directors

    2022

Building the mortgage-as-a-service infrastructure platform

Raised $8,500,000.00 from Citi Ventures and Citi SPRINT.

  • Board of Directors

    2017

    Booster is an innovative fuel delivery service that aims to change the way people think about how they spend their time. With a tap of a button on the Booster app, Booster delivers fuel right to a customer's car while they're at work. Booster is an efficient and cost-effective alternative because they buy fuel wholesale and charge market rate per gallon.

Booster is a fleet management company that specializes in delivering renewable fuels, gasoline, diesel, and bio-diesel delivery services.

Raised $213,612,016.00 from Madrona, Conversion Capital, Thayer Ventures, Cercano Management, Chaac Ventures, Mitsubishi Corporation, Invus Opportunities, Version One Ventures, Renewable Energy Group and Equinor Ventures.

  • Board of Directors

    2021

Haven is a technology and marketplace platform that unlocks homeowner engagement for mortgage servicers.

Raised $13,514,997.00 from 1Sharpe Ventures, Fifth Wall, BoxGroup, Conversion Capital, Fidelity National Financial, RWT Horizons, AME Cloud Ventures and Operator Partners.

  • Investor & Advisor

    2013

    Blend Labs offers an end-to-end solution for a faster customer-first and regulatory-compliant mortgage, as well as data management. The Company’s solution primarily focuses on the home lending industry and provides borrowers with the ability to view or update their loans on any device, check statuses, and electronically scan and upload documents. It also provides loan officers with a faster origination and default process by displaying errors and automating repetitive enterprise workflow steps.

Blend is a digital lending platform that facilitates the entire lending process, from application to underwriting to closing.

Raised $815,000,000.00 from Haveli Investments.

  • Capital Markets

    2010 - 2012

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