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:

Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Jasmina Ristic
Jasmina Ristic
Managing Director, Horizer
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Laura Herrero Gonzalez
Co-Founder, The Wonder Trip
Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Mari Carmen Ampiée Vigil
CEO, EE Estrategias para Artistas
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt
Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise
Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab