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:

Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Mari Carmen Ampiée Vigil
CEO, EE Estrategias para Artistas
Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Tribe
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV
Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki
Javier Bello
Javier Bello
Director Of Marketing & Product Management, Innova4EU
Frederic Gaillot
Frederic Gaillot
President, Montalto Capital SAS
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform
Jasmina Ristic
Jasmina Ristic
Managing Director, Horizer
Carles Debart
Carles Debart
Business Development Manager, Geoville
Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Clyde Hutchinson
Clyde Hutchinson
Partner, Journey Partners
Gaetano Volpe
Gaetano Volpe
CEO, Latitudo 40
Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology