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:

Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Uzoma Agba
Business Mentor, Seedstars
Frederic Gaillot
Frederic Gaillot
President, Montalto Capital SAS
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research
Pablo Garrido
Pablo Garrido
Investment Manager, EIT Urban Mobility
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab
Mirko Tadic
Mirko Tadic
Managing Director, Bridgeway
Gaetano Volpe
Gaetano Volpe
CEO, Latitudo 40
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Hasinur Rahaman
Hasinur Rahaman
Product Manager, TCG Digital Pvt. Ltd
Patricia Soares da Costa
CEO & Branding Consultant, Marquinista Branding
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Founder, Design Myths
Angelos Noulas
Angelos Noulas
Managing Director, Dialog Consulting