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:

Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA
Mari Carmen Ampiée Vigil
CEO, EE Estrategias para Artistas
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Patricia Soares da Costa
CEO & Branding Consultant, Marquinista Branding
Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
CTO, Rokubun
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Founder, Design Myths
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
Moyses Moyseos
Incubation Manager, Gravity Ventures Technology Incubator
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Angelos Noulas
Angelos Noulas
Managing Director, Dialog Consulting
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute