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:

Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Pablo Garrido
Pablo Garrido
Investment Manager, EIT Urban Mobility
Raili Liiva
Raili Liiva
Partner, Lasting Dynamics
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform
Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise
Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Jennifer Meyer
Jennifer Meyer
Software Developer, N3xtcoder
Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Moyses Moyseos
Incubation Manager, Gravity Ventures Technology Incubator
Angelos Noulas
Angelos Noulas
Managing Director, Dialog Consulting
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Gaetano Volpe
Gaetano Volpe
CEO, Latitudo 40