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:

Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Hasinur Rahaman
Hasinur Rahaman
Product Manager, TCG Digital Pvt. Ltd
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Patricia Soares da Costa
CEO & Branding Consultant, Marquinista Branding
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Laura Herrero Gonzalez
Co-Founder, The Wonder Trip
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford