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:

Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
CTO, Rokubun
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Gaetano Volpe
Gaetano Volpe
CEO, Latitudo 40
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki
Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV
Jasmina Ristic
Jasmina Ristic
Managing Director, Horizer
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Associate, Lean Sales
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Laura Herrero Gonzalez
Co-Founder, The Wonder Trip
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Mari Carmen Ampiée Vigil
CEO, EE Estrategias para Artistas
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Angelos Noulas
Angelos Noulas
Managing Director, Dialog Consulting