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:

Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Associate, Lean Sales
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Managing Partner, HAG Ventures
Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Ginny Radmall
Ginny Radmall
Director, The Ivy Way
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Javier Bello
Javier Bello
Director Of Marketing & Product Management, Innova4EU
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Laura Herrero Gonzalez
Co-Founder, The Wonder Trip
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Tribe
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour