Investing Profile

Christian Lawless

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Founder & Managing Partner at Conversion Capital
conversioncapital.com/author/...New York, New York
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Networks Christian is a member of
Techstars Network
489 CONNECTIONS
Lehman Brothers Network
130 CONNECTIONS
Lehman Brothers Network
130 CONNECTIONS
Barclays Network
79 CONNECTIONS
Columbia Business School Network
68 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Conversion Capital Managing Partner
Investment Range
$500K - $5.0M
Sweet Spot
$2.8M
Investments On Record
20
Current Fund Size
$122M

Christian Lawless is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Christian Lawless's Investments On Record (15)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Pylon
SeedDec 2022$9M
$79M
Co-investors: Zak Kukoff (Emergence Capital), Umesh Kumar (Andreessen Horowitz), Niko Bonatsos (General Catalyst), Sheel Mohnot (Better Tomorrow Ventures), Zeya Yang (IVP), Jennifer Li (Andreessen Horowitz), Andrea Wang (SV Angel), Merritt Hummer (Bain Capital Ventures), Sarah Liu (Fifth Wall), Amias Gerety (QED Investors), Tarek Fahim (Endure Capital), Harj Taggar (Y Combinator), Lucas Vaz (Ravelin Capital), Anne Dwane (Village Global), Adam Nash (Greylock Partners), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Peter Thiel (The Founders Fund), Niki Scevak (Blackbird Ventures), Sandy Kory (HorizonVC)
Booster
Series DMay 2022$130M
Series CJun 2019$56M
Series BAug 2017$20M
Series AJan 2016$9M
$210M
Co-investors: Louis Beryl (Andreessen Horowitz), Will Porteous (RRE Ventures), Matt Mcilwain (Madrona Ventures), David Wu (Maveron), Ugo Catry (Princeville Capital)
Vesta
Series AJan 2022$30M
$60M
Co-investors: Angela Strange (Andreessen Horowitz), Jon Chu (Khosla Ventures), Brett Brohl (Bread and Butter Ventures), Sara Du (Cornell University), Brad Pritchard (Structural Capital)
Alpin
SeedJul 2018$2M
$2M
Co-investors: Sergio A. Escobar (BCF Ventures)
Figure
Series AApr 2018$50M
$3.1B
Co-investors: Mark Lydon (Intel Capital), Rahul Mehta (DST Global), Jesse Robbins (Heavybit Industries), Gregg Smith (Evolution VC Partners), Phin Upham (Haymaker Ventures), Sebastian Zhou (Multicoin Capital), Clint Korver (Ulu Ventures), Miriam Rivera (Ulu Ventures), Mayank Shiromani (M2P Fintech), Chris Mullaly (VU Venture Partners), Codie Sanchez (Entourage Effect Capital), Stan Miroshnik (TenSquared Capital), Dan Tapiero (1RoundTable Partners (1RT)), Sachin Jaitly (Morgan Creek Capital Management, LLC), Anthony Pompliano, Shane Neman
Spherical Defense
Pre SeedJan 2018$2M
$2M
Co-investors: Michael Pennington (Unknown Ventures)
Blend
Series DAug 2017$100M
Series CJan 2016$40M
$670M
Co-investors: Kevin Spain (Emergence Capital), Jerry Chen (Greylock), Jed Rose (Antler), John Curtius (Cedar Capital Group), Kris Fredrickson (Verified Capital), Jeffrey Reitman (Canapi Ventures), Paul Stamas (General Atlantic), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), Ravi Mhatre (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Arif Janmohamed (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Jake Seid (Ballistic Ventures), Peter Thiel (The Founders Fund), David Wu (Maveron), Kris Duggan
Fauna
Series AFeb 2017$25M
$60M
Co-investors: Anamitra Banerji (Afore Capital), Tom Preston-Werner (Preston-Werner Ventures), Roger Bamford (Vestar Capital Partners), Somar Somasegar (Madrona Venture Group), Clint Korver (Ulu Ventures), Miriam Rivera (Ulu Ventures), Daniel Gwak (Point72 Ventures), Neill Occhiogrosso

Christian Lawless's Experience

Senior Vice President, Mortgage Backed Securities Trading Lehman BrothersPresent
Managing Director, Head of EMEA, Securitized Product Sales Lehman BrothersPresent
Managing Director, Head of EMEA, Securitized Products Sales, Co-Head of Global Macro Arbitrage NomuraPresent
Capital Markets BarclaysPresent
Investor & Advisor BlendPresent
Mentor for Barclays Accelerator TechstarsPresent
Seed Investor (Acquired by Forcepoint) RedOwl AnalyticsPresent
Guest Lecturer, Financial Technology Columbia Business SchoolPresent
Advisor, Investor (Acquired by Kabbage) Orchard PlatformPresent
Advisor SoFiPresent
Seed Investor & Board Director ImmutaPresent
Member Atlantic CouncilPresent
Board of Directors BoosterPresent
Investor FigurePresent
Investor QualiaPresent
Seed Investor RampPresent
Board of Directors VestaPresent
Board of Directors Haven Servicing, Inc.Present
Board of Directors PylonPresent
Board of Directors RayluPresent
Strategic GTM Advisor, Investor CognitionPresent
Strategic Advisor CognitionPresent
Strategic Advisor, Investor CognitionPresent
Managing Director CognitionPresent
Founder & Managing Partner Conversion CapitalPresent

Christian Lawless's Education

Bullis School Potomac Maryland
Ohio Wesleyan University Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Economics

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