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:

Andrii Shekhirev
Andrii Shekhirev
CEO & Cofounder, Biocatalyst, Enzymity, Warpgate, Satoriweb
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Javier Bello
Javier Bello
Director Of Marketing & Product Management, Innova4EU
Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Carlos Bello Marcos
Carlos Bello Marcos
Innovation and Business Development Director, INNOVA4EU
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Managing Partner, HAG Ventures
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt
Patricia Soares da Costa
CEO & Branding Consultant, Marquinista Branding
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Dr. Johanna Braun
Dr. Johanna Braun
Owner, Innovation, Venture & Sustainability Advisory
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space