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:

Raili Liiva
Raili Liiva
Partner, Lasting Dynamics
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center
Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Alex Godlewski
Alex Godlewski
Investment Senior Associate, NewSpace Capital
Angelos Noulas
Angelos Noulas
Managing Director, Dialog Consulting
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Laura Herrero Gonzalez
Co-Founder, The Wonder Trip
Dr. Johanna Braun
Dr. Johanna Braun
Owner, Innovation, Venture & Sustainability Advisory
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Moyses Moyseos
Incubation Manager, Gravity Ventures Technology Incubator
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Uzoma Agba
Business Mentor, Seedstars