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:

Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Patricia Soares da Costa
CEO & Branding Consultant, Marquinista Branding
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt
Frederic Gaillot
Frederic Gaillot
President, Montalto Capital SAS
Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Javier Bello
Javier Bello
Director Of Marketing & Product Management, Innova4EU
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Mari Carmen Ampiée Vigil
CEO, EE Estrategias para Artistas
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Angelos Noulas
Angelos Noulas
Managing Director, Dialog Consulting
Carles Debart
Carles Debart
Business Development Manager, Geoville
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
CTO, Rokubun