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
Dr. Johanna Braun
Dr. Johanna Braun
Owner, Innovation, Venture & Sustainability Advisory
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Carlos Bello Marcos
Carlos Bello Marcos
Innovation and Business Development Director, INNOVA4EU
Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Tribe
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Clyde Hutchinson
Clyde Hutchinson
Partner, Journey Partners
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Ginny Radmall
Ginny Radmall
Director, The Ivy Way
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Angelos Noulas
Angelos Noulas
Managing Director, Dialog Consulting
Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV