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:

Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy
Javier Bello
Javier Bello
Director Of Marketing & Product Management, Innova4EU
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Patricia Soares da Costa
CEO & Branding Consultant, Marquinista Branding
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Frederic Gaillot
Frederic Gaillot
President, Montalto Capital SAS
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Gaetano Volpe
Gaetano Volpe
CEO, Latitudo 40
Laura Herrero Gonzalez
Co-Founder, The Wonder Trip
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Tribe
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Andrii Shekhirev
Andrii Shekhirev
CEO & Cofounder, Biocatalyst, Enzymity, Warpgate, Satoriweb
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Jennifer Meyer
Jennifer Meyer
Software Developer, N3xtcoder