# Conversion Capital

> Conversion Capital is a VC fund in New York backing Software and FinTech. See 77 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 77
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 9%
- Last fund: Jun 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/conversion-capital
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/conversioncap
- Website: http://www.conversioncapital.com

Conversion Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm that seeks to partner with top entrepreneurs leveraging emerging technology to tackle the toughest problems in the global economy. Conversion Capital was founded in 2012 and is based in New York.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Conversion Capital. Shizune tracks 4 team members at Conversion Capital. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/conversion-capital-llc?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$7.9M |
| Series A | $6.7M–$30M |
| Series C | $10M–$300M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 22 | 29% |
| FinTech | 17 | 22% |
| Financial Services | 17 | 22% |
| Finance | 9 | 12% |
| Machine Learning | 7 | 9% |

83 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 30 | 39% |
| Series A | 21 | 27% |
| Series C | 7 | 9% |
| Series B | 6 | 8% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 3% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 47 | 61% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Christian Lawless | Founder and Managing Partner | 15 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christian-lawless |
| Erin Collard | Operating Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/erin-collard |
| Eugene Marinelli | Operating Partner and Strategic Advisor | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eugene-marinelli |
| Reid Hartman | Venture Associate | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/reid-hartman |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Science | Science is a clinical-stage medical technology company focused on developing neural interface systems to address conditions such as vision loss, cognitive impairment, and motor dysfunction. The company integrates neural recording electronics, optogenetic stimulation, and software platforms to create brain-computer interface (BCI) solutions. Itsproduct suite includes Axon neural probes, the SciFi headstage, and the Synapse communication protocol, which together form a modular platform for neural engineering applications. Science also develops implantable devices like PRIMA, a wireless photovoltaic stimulation array aimed at restoring vision in patients with retinal degenerative diseases.​ | $230M | Series C | Mar 05, 2026 |  |
| Turnout | Turnout Technologies is a technology related company. | $21M | Seed | Sep 17, 2025 |  |
| micro1 | Micro1 offers a platform that converts human expertise into structured datasets and recruitment processes for companies using AI. It provides a Data Engine that handles the recruitment of experts and manages human-in-the-loop operations to generate data used in post-training of AI models. It also provides Zara, an AI recruiter agent, whichdiscovers, vets, and qualifies talent globally for enterprises and large-volume recruitment firms. The company maintains a Research Lab that publishes studies related to evaluating AI-assisted recruitment, speech-to-text systems, proctoring models, and other aspects of human-data integration into AI systems. It delivers APIs to access its human-data services and recruiter tools. | $35M | Series A | Sep 12, 2025 |  |
| Cargado | Cargado is a cross-border logistics startup. | $12M | Series A | Apr 07, 2025 |  |
| Temporal Technologies | Temporal Technologies is a computer software company that enables its users to build and operate resilient applications using developer-friendly primitives. It specializes in the fields of information technology, software development, and computer software. It was founded in 2019 and headquartered in Bellevue, Washington. | $146M | Series C | Mar 31, 2025 |  |
| Raylu | Raylu is the AI Platform for Private Market Investors. More companies, smarter diligence, bigger wins. | $4M | Seed | Jan 01, 2025 |  |
| Bizzen | Bizzen is developer of business operations management software designed to streamline administrative and financial workflows. | $4M | Seed | Dec 03, 2024 |  |
| Turnout | Turnout Technologies is a technology related company. | $10.4M |  | Nov 22, 2024 |  |
| Clasp | With Clasp, HR and vertical SaaS platforms can design and launch a fully-featured benefits product in just a few weeks. | $5M | Seed | May 28, 2024 |  |
| Chalk | Chalk is a data platform that powers machine learning and generative AI. Chalk's best-in-class developer experience enables data teams to declare features and their dependencies with idiomatic Python in online, streaming, and batch environments. Chalk compiles these definitions into parallel pipelines that run on a Rust-based engine. Thesepipelines use the same source code to serve temporally consistent training sets to data scientists and live feature values to models. This re-use ensures that feature values from online and offline contexts match and dramatically cuts development time. With Chalk, engineers, data scientists, and analysts can focus on their unique products while Chalk seamlessly handles data infrastructure. |  | Seed | Feb 13, 2024 |  |

10 of 77 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Greycroft](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greycroft) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Madrona](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/madrona-venture-group) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Greylock](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greylock) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Maveron](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maveron) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Bain Capital Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bain-capital-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [BoxGroup](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boxgroup) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Conversion Capital invest in?

Conversion Capital invests primarily in Software, FinTech and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 77 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Conversion Capital's check size?

Conversion Capital typically joins rounds of $1M–$7.9M at Seed, $6.7M–$30M at Series A and $10M–$300M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Conversion Capital participates in.

### How do I contact Conversion Capital?

Public channels for Conversion Capital include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Conversion Capital?

The team at Conversion Capital includes Christian Lawless (Founder and Managing Partner), Erin Collard (Operating Partner) and Eugene Marinelli (Operating Partner and Strategic Advisor). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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