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:

Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab
Raili Liiva
Raili Liiva
Partner, Lasting Dynamics
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Founder, Design Myths
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Tribe
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Laura Herrero Gonzalez
Co-Founder, The Wonder Trip
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH