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:

Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Managing Partner, HAG Ventures
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Tribe
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia
Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV
Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Javier Bello
Javier Bello
Director Of Marketing & Product Management, Innova4EU
Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise
Andrii Shekhirev
Andrii Shekhirev
CEO & Cofounder, Biocatalyst, Enzymity, Warpgate, Satoriweb
Raili Liiva
Raili Liiva
Partner, Lasting Dynamics
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Clyde Hutchinson
Clyde Hutchinson
Partner, Journey Partners
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager