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:

Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
Laura Herrero Gonzalez
Co-Founder, The Wonder Trip
Uzoma Agba
Business Mentor, Seedstars
Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia
Raili Liiva
Raili Liiva
Partner, Lasting Dynamics
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Moyses Moyseos
Incubation Manager, Gravity Ventures Technology Incubator
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Jasmina Ristic
Jasmina Ristic
Managing Director, Horizer
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi