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
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Carlos Bello Marcos
Carlos Bello Marcos
Innovation and Business Development Director, INNOVA4EU
Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Laura Herrero Gonzalez
Co-Founder, The Wonder Trip
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Tribe
Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center
Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Andrii Shekhirev
Andrii Shekhirev
CEO & Cofounder, Biocatalyst, Enzymity, Warpgate, Satoriweb
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun