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:

Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center
Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
Dr. Johanna Braun
Dr. Johanna Braun
Owner, Innovation, Venture & Sustainability Advisory
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Moyses Moyseos
Incubation Manager, Gravity Ventures Technology Incubator
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Tribe
Ginny Radmall
Ginny Radmall
Director, The Ivy Way
Patricia Soares da Costa
CEO & Branding Consultant, Marquinista Branding
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Andrii Shekhirev
Andrii Shekhirev
CEO & Cofounder, Biocatalyst, Enzymity, Warpgate, Satoriweb