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Christian Lawless
InvestorManaging Partner at Conversion Capital · Board director at Haven Servicing
New York, New York
Writes $500K – $5M checks · typically $2.8M
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About
Founder and Managing Partner of Conversion Capital, previously a Managing Director at Lehman Brothers and Nomura leading sales and trading teams. He specializes in go-to-market strategy and has led investments in Ramp, Blend, Cognition, Temporal, and FIGR.
Contact· self-published, not guessed
Board director at Haven Servicing
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Haven Servicing's investors · 2
Experience
- CognitionManaging Directorcurrent2025 — present
- Conversion Capital LLCFounder & Managing Partnercurrent2015 — presentNew York City & San Francisco
- vestaBoard of Directorscurrent2020 — present
- RampSeed Investorcurrent2019 — present
- RayluBoard of Directorscurrent2022 — present
- PylonBoard of Directorscurrent2022 — present
- Booster FuelsBoard of Directorscurrent2017 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- BlendInvestor & Advisorcurrent2013 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- BarclaysCapital Markets2010 — 2012New York, United States
- NomuraManaging Director, Head of EMEA, Securitized Products Sales, Co-Head of Global Macro Arbitrage2008 — 2010London, United Kingdom
- Lehman BrothersManaging Director, Head of EMEA, Securitized Product Sales2007 — 2008London, United Kingdom
- Lehman BrothersSenior Vice President, Mortgage Backed Securities Trading2000 — 2007Greater New York City Area
Skills & more
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Financial StructuringFixed IncomeInvestmentsPortfolio ManagementPrivate EquityVenture CapitalBloombergTechnologyManagementLanguages Spanish
From Christian's professional profile.
Deals · 3
Haven ServicingBoard seat
via Conversion Capital · filed May 2021 · $5.5M raise
Booster Fuels, Inc.Board seat
via Conversion Capital · filed May 2019 · $56M raise
ImmutaBoard seat
via Conversion Capital · filed Sep 2016 · $6.7M raise
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.
Other disclosed investments
Sources: SEC Form D filings · curated public sources.
Colleagues at Conversion Capital
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Christian Lawless?
- Founder and Managing Partner of Conversion Capital, previously a Managing Director at Lehman Brothers and Nomura leading sales and trading teams. He specializes in go-to-market strategy and has led investments in Ramp, Blend, Cognition, Temporal, and FIGR.
- Where does Christian Lawless work?
- Christian Lawless is Managing Partner at Conversion Capital and Board director at Haven Servicing.
- What check size does Christian Lawless write?
- Christian Lawless typically writes checks of $500K – $5M.
- What boards does Christian Lawless sit on?
- Christian Lawless holds tracked board seats at Booster Fuels, Inc., Haven Servicing, Immuta.
- What companies has Christian Lawless invested in?
- Investments tracked here include Alpin, Blend, Booster, CapLinked, Fauna, Figure, Improbable, Orchard Platform, Perpetua, Predata, Pylon, Redowl, and 3 more.
- Where did Christian Lawless go to school?
- Christian Lawless studied at Ohio Wesleyan University (Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Economics); Bullis School (Potomac, Maryland).
Same school
Also attended Ohio Wesleyan University25
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Shared employers
Also worked at Cognition25
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Also worked at Booster Fuels6
Also worked at Blend31
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Also worked at Barclays339
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