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
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Alex Godlewski
Alex Godlewski
Investment Senior Associate, NewSpace Capital
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Jasmina Ristic
Jasmina Ristic
Managing Director, Horizer
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Founder, Design Myths
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Moyses Moyseos
Incubation Manager, Gravity Ventures Technology Incubator
Clyde Hutchinson
Clyde Hutchinson
Partner, Journey Partners
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform