Christian Lawless
Managing Partner at Conversion Capital LLC
New York, New York
Overview
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.
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.
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.
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
2022
Raylu is an information technology company that offers AI process automation services.
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.
Investor
2019
Qualia is the leading digital closing platform used by real estate professionals, lenders, and homebuyers in the United States. Processing real estate transactions for millions of consumers each year, our technology brings together users from across the real estate ecosystem to coordinate every step of the closing process through a secure shared platform. Built by a diverse team of experts from across the tech, finance, and real estate industries, Qualia combines an enterprise title and escrow production platform, nationwide vendor marketplace, and online closing room for consumers to create a secure, seamless home buying experience for all.
Qualia is the leading digital real estate closing platform used by over half a million real estate and mortgage professionals.
Raised $160,000,000.00 from Leblon Capital.
Investor
2018
Figure is a financial technology company with the mission of leveraging blockchain, AI and advanced analytics to provide home equity release solutions, including home equity lines of credit, home improvement loans and home buy-lease back offerings for retirement.
Figure is a financial services company leveraging blockchain technology.
Raised $1,548,088,888.00 from TeleSoft Partners and Decacorn Capital.
Education
Deferred
2019 - 2019
Continuing Education Computer Science
2015 - 2015
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
1995 - 1999
Potomac, Maryland
1991 - 1995