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Christian L.

Founder & Managing Partner at Conversion Capital

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Overview

Christian Lawless serves as Founder & Managing Partner at Conversion Capital [1][4], a venture capital firm investing in artificial intelligence, cloud infrastructure, financial services, and defense technologies [2]. Lawless also holds the position of Managing Director at Cognition as of January 2025, leading the company's International Public Sector division [2][3]. Lawless has led investments in companies including Cognition, Groq, Ramp, Etched, and Applied C [2], and maintains board positions at Vesta, Raylu, Pylon, and Booster Fuels, alongside investor and advisor roles at Blend [5][7][8][9][10]. Lawless holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Ohio Wesleyan University [11].

Profile introduction
Source excerptLinkedIn [2]

Christian Lawless is a Managing Director at Cognition, where he leads the company’s International Public Sector, working with governments, sovereign institutions, and major enterprises to accelerate the adoption of advanced AI. He is also the Founder and Managing Partner of Conversion Capital, a venture capital firm investing in technologies critical to the global economy and national security, including artificial intelligence, cloud infrastructure, financial services, and defense. Christian has led investments in category defining companies including Cognition, Groq, Ramp, Etched, Applied C…

Career history

  1. Managing DirectorJan 2025 to presentCognition
  2. Founder & Managing PartnerDec 2015 to presentConversion Capital LLC
  3. Board of DirectorsDec 2020 to presentvesta
  4. Seed InvestorJul 2019 to presentRamp
  5. Board of DirectorsNov 2022 to presentRaylu
  6. Board of DirectorsMar 2022 to presentPylon
  7. Board of DirectorsJul 2017 to presentBooster Fuels
  8. Investor & AdvisorJul 2013 to presentBlend
  9. Founder & Managing PartnerConversion Capital

Education

  1. Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Economics1995 - 1999Ohio Wesleyan University
  2. Potomac, Maryland1991 - 1995Bullis School

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