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:

Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center
Pablo Garrido
Pablo Garrido
Investment Manager, EIT Urban Mobility
Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Patricia Soares da Costa
CEO & Branding Consultant, Marquinista Branding
Frederic Gaillot
Frederic Gaillot
President, Montalto Capital SAS
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Managing Partner, HAG Ventures
Carles Debart
Carles Debart
Business Development Manager, Geoville
Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Uzoma Agba
Business Mentor, Seedstars
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Mirko Tadic
Mirko Tadic
Managing Director, Bridgeway