Team
Team
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Christian Lawless
General Partner
Christian Lawless is the Founder and Managing Partner of Conversion Capital, an early and growth stage venture capital firm focused on Generative AI, financial technology, cloud infrastructure, and national security. Prior to founding Conversion Capital, he was a Managing Director at Lehman Brothers and Nomura, where he led sales and trading teams across multiple asset classes. As an investor, Christian specializes in go-to-market strategy and revenue acceleration, helping early-stage companies scale from product-market fit to category leadership. He has led investments in companies including Ramp, BLND, Cognition, Temporal, and FIGR. He currently serves on the boards of Vesta, Pylon, Raylu, and Booster Fuels. Christian was named to the 2026 Midas List and holds a degree in Economics from Ohio Wesleyan University.
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Eugene Marinelli
Operating Advisor
Eugene was previously cofounder and CTO of Blend (NYSE: BLND), a Silicon Valley technology company propelling consumer banking into the digital age. He is also the cofounder and CEO of Realm Alliance, an integrated security company for critical industries. As an investor, Eugene advises our portfolio companies on establishing robust, scalable teams and technology. Eugene graduated from Carnegie Mellon with a B.S. and M.S. in Computer Science.
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Erin Collard
Operating Advisor
Erin was previously cofounder and CFO of Blend (NYSE: BLND), a Silicon Valley technology company propelling consumer banking into the digital age, where he currently serves on the Board of Directors. As an investor, Erin focuses on early-stage enterprise and fintech companies helping with financial scale and partnerships. He has over a decade of deep financial and technology experience, having served as both Head Trader and Managing Director at Peter Thiel's fund, Clarium Capital. Erin graduated from the University of Sheffield, and holds a Masters in Economics from University of Warwick.
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Andrew Unger
Recruiting Advisor
Andrew is a specialized recruiter and investor who has been building technology companies in New York City for two decades. He previously Co-Founded Better Mortgage, and lead people and talent at Redesign Health. As an angel he’s invested in companies including Cognition, Ramp, Gecko Robotics, Modal, Numeric and Rox. Andrew graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Amherst College with a degree in English Literature
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Max Humphrey
VP of Finance
Max is the VP of Finance at Conversion Capital. He has an extensive background in fund financial reporting, investor relations, audit, tax and firm operations. Max spent 3 years at Bain Capital on the finance team for the Venture and Crypto business units. He began his career at RSM as an auditor in the financial services practice. Max is a certified public accountant and graduated from the University of New Hampshire with a B.S. in Business Administration and a M.S. in Accounting.
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Andres Sucre
Venture Partner
Andres is founder and CEO of Reservamos, a leading travel technology solution that enables the digitization of the bus industry in Latin America through Reservamos.com (OTA) and Reservamos SaaS. He is also an independent member of the board at HSBC Mexico. As a Venture Partner, Andres is focused on the increasing cross-border investment opportunities between Mexico and the U.S. Before founding Reservamos, Andres was an AVP at Deutsche Bank. He studied Management Engineering at WPI and holds an MBA from MIT Sloan.