Lauren Capelin

VC Business Development Manager of AWS Startups

Lauren Capelin is a VC Business Development Manager for AWS Startups. She is a community strategist and disruptive innovation specialist with sector expertise in generative ai, web3, fintech, the sharing economy, startups and early-stage investing. Prior to her role at AWS Startups, she was Principal at Startmate, Australia and New Zealand’s best startup accelerator, where she oversaw Founder Scouting, Investments and Media, and before that, she was Partner of Platform at Reinventure Fund, an Australian venture capital firm focused on investing in disruptive financial services startups, where she launched and grew their portfolio platform services, and contributed to the formation of the national fintech ecosystem.

Between 2010 and 2015, she also worked with author and thought-leader Rachel Botsman on the launch of her first book, What's Mine Is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption. Co-founding Collaborative Lab with Rachel, Lauren worked alongside leading thinkers, entrepreneurs and community champions to play an instrumental role in growing collaborative consumption into a global economy and movement.