This session will be an accelerator application masterclass focused on what female founders should do to ensure their application to the Startmate accelerator program has the best chance of being accepted.

Educator:

Lauren Capelin is a community strategist and disruptive innovation specialist with sector expertise in fintech, the sharing economy and social innovation. She is currently Principal at Startmate, Australia and New Zealand’s most ambitious startup accelerator.

Prior to this role, she was Partner of Platform at Reinventure Fund, an Australian venture capital firm focused on investing in disruptive financial services startups. She also co-founded Collaborative Lab with author Rachel Botsman, working alongside leading thinkers, entrepreneurs and community champions to play an instrumental role in growing collaborative consumption into a global economy and movement over the last 5 years.