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:

Patricia Soares da Costa
CEO & Branding Consultant, Marquinista Branding
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Angelos Noulas
Angelos Noulas
Managing Director, Dialog Consulting
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Laura Herrero Gonzalez
Co-Founder, The Wonder Trip
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Uzoma Agba
Business Mentor, Seedstars
Andrii Shekhirev
Andrii Shekhirev
CEO & Cofounder, Biocatalyst, Enzymity, Warpgate, Satoriweb
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research
Frederic Gaillot
Frederic Gaillot
President, Montalto Capital SAS
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Mari Carmen Ampiée Vigil
CEO, EE Estrategias para Artistas
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory