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:

Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Angelos Noulas
Angelos Noulas
Managing Director, Dialog Consulting
Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Hasinur Rahaman
Hasinur Rahaman
Product Manager, TCG Digital Pvt. Ltd
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy
Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV
Dr. Johanna Braun
Dr. Johanna Braun
Owner, Innovation, Venture & Sustainability Advisory
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Carlos Bello Marcos
Carlos Bello Marcos
Innovation and Business Development Director, INNOVA4EU
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Managing Partner, HAG Ventures