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
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Founder, Design Myths
Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
Raili Liiva
Raili Liiva
Partner, Lasting Dynamics
Pablo Garrido
Pablo Garrido
Investment Manager, EIT Urban Mobility
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Frederic Gaillot
Frederic Gaillot
President, Montalto Capital SAS
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Associate, Lean Sales
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun