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:

Pablo Garrido
Pablo Garrido
Investment Manager, EIT Urban Mobility
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Hasinur Rahaman
Hasinur Rahaman
Product Manager, TCG Digital Pvt. Ltd
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Angelos Noulas
Angelos Noulas
Managing Director, Dialog Consulting
Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Founder, Design Myths
Javier Bello
Javier Bello
Director Of Marketing & Product Management, Innova4EU
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform
Uzoma Agba
Business Mentor, Seedstars
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Carlos Bello Marcos
Carlos Bello Marcos
Innovation and Business Development Director, INNOVA4EU
Jasmina Ristic
Jasmina Ristic
Managing Director, Horizer
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Laura Herrero Gonzalez
Co-Founder, The Wonder Trip
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group