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:

Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Andrii Shekhirev
Andrii Shekhirev
CEO & Cofounder, Biocatalyst, Enzymity, Warpgate, Satoriweb
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Tribe
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Moyses Moyseos
Incubation Manager, Gravity Ventures Technology Incubator
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV
Patricia Soares da Costa
CEO & Branding Consultant, Marquinista Branding
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory