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:

Patricia Soares da Costa
CEO & Branding Consultant, Marquinista Branding
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Andrii Shekhirev
Andrii Shekhirev
CEO & Cofounder, Biocatalyst, Enzymity, Warpgate, Satoriweb
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Carlos Bello Marcos
Carlos Bello Marcos
Innovation and Business Development Director, INNOVA4EU
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Angelos Noulas
Angelos Noulas
Managing Director, Dialog Consulting
Mirko Tadic
Mirko Tadic
Managing Director, Bridgeway
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Tribe
Clyde Hutchinson
Clyde Hutchinson
Partner, Journey Partners
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Frederic Gaillot
Frederic Gaillot
President, Montalto Capital SAS
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute