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:

Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia
Uzoma Agba
Business Mentor, Seedstars
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Javier Bello
Javier Bello
Director Of Marketing & Product Management, Innova4EU
Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise
Pablo Garrido
Pablo Garrido
Investment Manager, EIT Urban Mobility
Frederic Gaillot
Frederic Gaillot
President, Montalto Capital SAS
Carles Debart
Carles Debart
Business Development Manager, Geoville
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Moyses Moyseos
Incubation Manager, Gravity Ventures Technology Incubator
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Associate, Lean Sales