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
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Frederic Gaillot
Frederic Gaillot
President, Montalto Capital SAS
Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise
Mirko Tadic
Mirko Tadic
Managing Director, Bridgeway
Ginny Radmall
Ginny Radmall
Director, The Ivy Way
Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Carles Debart
Carles Debart
Business Development Manager, Geoville
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Laura Herrero Gonzalez
Co-Founder, The Wonder Trip
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Angelos Noulas
Angelos Noulas
Managing Director, Dialog Consulting
Raili Liiva
Raili Liiva
Partner, Lasting Dynamics
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored