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:

Ginny Radmall
Ginny Radmall
Director, The Ivy Way
Alex Godlewski
Alex Godlewski
Investment Senior Associate, NewSpace Capital
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Gaetano Volpe
Gaetano Volpe
CEO, Latitudo 40
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Carlos Bello Marcos
Carlos Bello Marcos
Innovation and Business Development Director, INNOVA4EU
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Founder, Design Myths
Frederic Gaillot
Frederic Gaillot
President, Montalto Capital SAS
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.