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:

Javier Bello
Javier Bello
Director Of Marketing & Product Management, Innova4EU
Raili Liiva
Raili Liiva
Partner, Lasting Dynamics
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
CTO, Rokubun
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Andrii Shekhirev
Andrii Shekhirev
CEO & Cofounder, Biocatalyst, Enzymity, Warpgate, Satoriweb
Carlos Bello Marcos
Carlos Bello Marcos
Innovation and Business Development Director, INNOVA4EU
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Frederic Gaillot
Frederic Gaillot
President, Montalto Capital SAS
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space