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:

Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Pablo Garrido
Pablo Garrido
Investment Manager, EIT Urban Mobility
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center
Raili Liiva
Raili Liiva
Partner, Lasting Dynamics
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
Jennifer Meyer
Jennifer Meyer
Software Developer, N3xtcoder
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Managing Partner, HAG Ventures
Carlos Bello Marcos
Carlos Bello Marcos
Innovation and Business Development Director, INNOVA4EU
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75