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:

William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Laura Herrero Gonzalez
Co-Founder, The Wonder Trip
Gaetano Volpe
Gaetano Volpe
CEO, Latitudo 40
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Jasmina Ristic
Jasmina Ristic
Managing Director, Horizer
Uzoma Agba
Business Mentor, Seedstars
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Pablo Garrido
Pablo Garrido
Investment Manager, EIT Urban Mobility