Discover the mentoring
programme

Do you have expertise worth sharing? Each edition of the CASSINI Hackathons awards 3 overall winners who will have access to 100 hours of expert mentoring. Each team will work with several experts whose backgrounds range from technical topics like Earth Observation and GNSS through to business development, marketing, design and more. We’d love for you to become part of our mentoring programme so you can share your skills and knowledge and help shape the next generation of (space) entrepreneurs. Apply now!

Meet our mentors

Meet a selection of our expert mentors supporting the winning teams:

Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab
Mari Carmen Ampiée Vigil
CEO, EE Estrategias para Artistas
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform
Javier Bello
Javier Bello
Director Of Marketing & Product Management, Innova4EU
Dr. Johanna Braun
Dr. Johanna Braun
Owner, Innovation, Venture & Sustainability Advisory
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki
Alex Godlewski
Alex Godlewski
Investment Senior Associate, NewSpace Capital
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Clyde Hutchinson
Clyde Hutchinson
Partner, Journey Partners
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Andrii Shekhirev
Andrii Shekhirev
CEO & Cofounder, Biocatalyst, Enzymity, Warpgate, Satoriweb