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:

Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Andrii Shekhirev
Andrii Shekhirev
CEO & Cofounder, Biocatalyst, Enzymity, Warpgate, Satoriweb
Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research
Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Patricia Soares da Costa
CEO & Branding Consultant, Marquinista Branding
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Carlos Bello Marcos
Carlos Bello Marcos
Innovation and Business Development Director, INNOVA4EU
Carles Debart
Carles Debart
Business Development Manager, Geoville
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Uzoma Agba
Business Mentor, Seedstars
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.