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:

Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
CTO, Rokubun
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Raili Liiva
Raili Liiva
Partner, Lasting Dynamics
Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Andrii Shekhirev
Andrii Shekhirev
CEO & Cofounder, Biocatalyst, Enzymity, Warpgate, Satoriweb
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Mari Carmen Ampiée Vigil
CEO, EE Estrategias para Artistas
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Associate, Lean Sales
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Managing Partner, HAG Ventures
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory