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:

Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Pablo Garrido
Pablo Garrido
Investment Manager, EIT Urban Mobility
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt
Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Mirko Tadic
Mirko Tadic
Managing Director, Bridgeway
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV
Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise
Moyses Moyseos
Incubation Manager, Gravity Ventures Technology Incubator
Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Associate, Lean Sales
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Tribe
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
Dr. Johanna Braun
Dr. Johanna Braun
Owner, Innovation, Venture & Sustainability Advisory