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
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Founder, Design Myths
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Tribe
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Moyses Moyseos
Incubation Manager, Gravity Ventures Technology Incubator
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Laura Herrero Gonzalez
Co-Founder, The Wonder Trip
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV
Dr. Johanna Braun
Dr. Johanna Braun
Owner, Innovation, Venture & Sustainability Advisory
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Gaetano Volpe
Gaetano Volpe
CEO, Latitudo 40
Mari Carmen Ampiée Vigil
CEO, EE Estrategias para Artistas
Javier Bello
Javier Bello
Director Of Marketing & Product Management, Innova4EU
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Frederic Gaillot
Frederic Gaillot
President, Montalto Capital SAS