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:

Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA
Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
CTO, Rokubun
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Managing Partner, HAG Ventures
Clyde Hutchinson
Clyde Hutchinson
Partner, Journey Partners
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV
Javier Bello
Javier Bello
Director Of Marketing & Product Management, Innova4EU
Alex Godlewski
Alex Godlewski
Investment Senior Associate, NewSpace Capital
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Associate, Lean Sales
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Andrii Shekhirev
Andrii Shekhirev
CEO & Cofounder, Biocatalyst, Enzymity, Warpgate, Satoriweb
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)