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:

Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
Uzoma Agba
Business Mentor, Seedstars
Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Tribe
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Hasinur Rahaman
Hasinur Rahaman
Product Manager, TCG Digital Pvt. Ltd
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Alex Godlewski
Alex Godlewski
Investment Senior Associate, NewSpace Capital
Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder