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
Javier Bello
Javier Bello
Director Of Marketing & Product Management, Innova4EU
Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Managing Partner, HAG Ventures
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Laura Herrero Gonzalez
Co-Founder, The Wonder Trip
Mari Carmen Ampiée Vigil
CEO, EE Estrategias para Artistas
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise
Carles Debart
Carles Debart
Business Development Manager, Geoville
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables