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:

Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Mirko Tadic
Mirko Tadic
Managing Director, Bridgeway
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Jasmina Ristic
Jasmina Ristic
Managing Director, Horizer
Ginny Radmall
Ginny Radmall
Director, The Ivy Way
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
Moyses Moyseos
Incubation Manager, Gravity Ventures Technology Incubator
Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
Javier Bello
Javier Bello
Director Of Marketing & Product Management, Innova4EU
Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Clyde Hutchinson
Clyde Hutchinson
Partner, Journey Partners
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Hasinur Rahaman
Hasinur Rahaman
Product Manager, TCG Digital Pvt. Ltd
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Managing Partner, HAG Ventures
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford