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:

Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Carlos Bello Marcos
Carlos Bello Marcos
Innovation and Business Development Director, INNOVA4EU
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV
Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Managing Partner, HAG Ventures
Alex Godlewski
Alex Godlewski
Investment Senior Associate, NewSpace Capital
Angelos Noulas
Angelos Noulas
Managing Director, Dialog Consulting
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab
Mari Carmen Ampiée Vigil
CEO, EE Estrategias para Artistas
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Associate, Lean Sales
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Tribe