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:

Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Mirko Tadic
Mirko Tadic
Managing Director, Bridgeway
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Mari Carmen Ampiée Vigil
CEO, EE Estrategias para Artistas
Jennifer Meyer
Jennifer Meyer
Software Developer, N3xtcoder
Angelos Noulas
Angelos Noulas
Managing Director, Dialog Consulting
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform
Dr. Johanna Braun
Dr. Johanna Braun
Owner, Innovation, Venture & Sustainability Advisory
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt
Hasinur Rahaman
Hasinur Rahaman
Product Manager, TCG Digital Pvt. Ltd
Alex Godlewski
Alex Godlewski
Investment Senior Associate, NewSpace Capital
Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise