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:

Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research
Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Jasmina Ristic
Jasmina Ristic
Managing Director, Horizer
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Angelos Noulas
Angelos Noulas
Managing Director, Dialog Consulting
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Laura Herrero Gonzalez
Co-Founder, The Wonder Trip
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Mari Carmen Ampiée Vigil
CEO, EE Estrategias para Artistas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy