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
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Associate, Lean Sales
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Pablo Garrido
Pablo Garrido
Investment Manager, EIT Urban Mobility
Jennifer Meyer
Jennifer Meyer
Software Developer, N3xtcoder
Dr. Johanna Braun
Dr. Johanna Braun
Owner, Innovation, Venture & Sustainability Advisory
Carlos Bello Marcos
Carlos Bello Marcos
Innovation and Business Development Director, INNOVA4EU
Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab
Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Gaetano Volpe
Gaetano Volpe
CEO, Latitudo 40
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Clyde Hutchinson
Clyde Hutchinson
Partner, Journey Partners