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
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV
Jasmina Ristic
Jasmina Ristic
Managing Director, Horizer
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Clyde Hutchinson
Clyde Hutchinson
Partner, Journey Partners
Patricia Soares da Costa
CEO & Branding Consultant, Marquinista Branding
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research
Gaetano Volpe
Gaetano Volpe
CEO, Latitudo 40
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Managing Partner, HAG Ventures