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:

MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt
Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise
Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Clyde Hutchinson
Clyde Hutchinson
Partner, Journey Partners
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Raili Liiva
Raili Liiva
Partner, Lasting Dynamics
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Gaetano Volpe
Gaetano Volpe
CEO, Latitudo 40
Angelos Noulas
Angelos Noulas
Managing Director, Dialog Consulting
Jennifer Meyer
Jennifer Meyer
Software Developer, N3xtcoder