# Eugene Marinelli

> Eugene Marinelli is a seed investor at Conversion Capital (Austin) backing B2B and SaaS. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Conversion Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/conversion-capital-llc)
- Location: Austin, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Apr 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eugenemarinelli/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/eugenemarinelli
- Website: https://eugenemarinelli.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100077074632951

Eugene Marinelli is a seed investor at Conversion Capital in Austin focused on B2B and SaaS. Eugene Marinelli is the Founder and CEO of Realm Alliance. He previously worked at Blend as a Founder and CTO. Eugene Marinelli attended Carnegie Mellon University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| B2B | 2 | 40% |
| SaaS | 1 | 20% |
| FinTech | 1 | 20% |
| Finance | 1 | 20% |
| Internet | 1 | 20% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 80% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nuvo | Onboard customers through configurable, high-converting branded experiences that accelerate credit approvals, unlock revenue, and reduce fraud.Nuvo replaces manual credit forms with AI-powered application flows, real-time business and principal identity verification, and embedded credit insights—enabling confident decisions that protect and growyour business. Designed for complex trade partnerships, Nuvo is the B2B commerce platform trusted and preferred by 40,000 businesses. | $34M | Series A | Apr 30, 2025 |  |
| Oyster | Oyster is an AI software company for insurance that connects customers, agencies, and carriers. We're building a new operating system with seamless carrier connectivity and integrated digital workers that autonomously operate across the insurance value chain. To learn more about Oyster, visit www.withoyster.com. | $3.6M | Seed | Dec 13, 2022 |  |
| Praxis | Praxis is a membership-based platform aiming to build an autonomous city. Cities needed to be built around a source of economic opportunity to attract businesses that would create jobs and entice people to relocate. The platform enables people to live healthier, more purposeful lives. Praxis was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in New York. | $4.2M | Seed | Dec 01, 2021 |  |
| Skiff | Skiff operates an end-to-end encrypted document collaboration platform meant to establish a private and decentralized workspace. The company's platform offers decentralized storage with complete privacy to the modern workspace, allowing teams worldwide to share information securely and privately, as well as monitoring activity to preventunintended use, allowing organizations to write, edit, and collaborate in real-time with colleagues in complete privacy. | $3.7M | Seed | May 26, 2021 |  |
| Standard Metrics | Quaestor is an automated data platform that enables financial transparency between startups and investors. | $5.8M | Seed | Jul 13, 2020 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Sequoia Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sequoia-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Abstract](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a-list-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Bedrock](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bedrock-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scale-asia-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Spark Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/spark-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Titan Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/titan-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Conversion Capital

VC Fund · New York, United States

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.

4 contacts available at Conversion Capital.

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

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## FAQ

### What does Eugene Marinelli invest in?

Eugene Marinelli invests primarily in B2B, SaaS and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Eugene Marinelli last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Eugene Marinelli closed in Apr 2025. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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