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:

William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform
Ginny Radmall
Ginny Radmall
Director, The Ivy Way
Clyde Hutchinson
Clyde Hutchinson
Partner, Journey Partners
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
Carlos Bello Marcos
Carlos Bello Marcos
Innovation and Business Development Director, INNOVA4EU
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.