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:

Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise
Uzoma Agba
Business Mentor, Seedstars
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform
Javier Bello
Javier Bello
Director Of Marketing & Product Management, Innova4EU
Alex Godlewski
Alex Godlewski
Investment Senior Associate, NewSpace Capital
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Raili Liiva
Raili Liiva
Partner, Lasting Dynamics
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Founder, Design Myths