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.
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Jennifer Meyer
Jennifer Meyer
Software Developer, N3xtcoder
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Dr. Johanna Braun
Dr. Johanna Braun
Owner, Innovation, Venture & Sustainability Advisory
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Associate, Lean Sales
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space