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:

Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise
Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia
Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center
Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Raili Liiva
Raili Liiva
Partner, Lasting Dynamics
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
CTO, Rokubun
Moyses Moyseos
Incubation Manager, Gravity Ventures Technology Incubator
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Laura Herrero Gonzalez
Co-Founder, The Wonder Trip
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder