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:

Dr. Johanna Braun
Dr. Johanna Braun
Owner, Innovation, Venture & Sustainability Advisory
Carlos Bello Marcos
Carlos Bello Marcos
Innovation and Business Development Director, INNOVA4EU
Mirko Tadic
Mirko Tadic
Managing Director, Bridgeway
Angelos Noulas
Angelos Noulas
Managing Director, Dialog Consulting
Pablo Garrido
Pablo Garrido
Investment Manager, EIT Urban Mobility
Ginny Radmall
Ginny Radmall
Director, The Ivy Way
Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Laura Herrero Gonzalez
Co-Founder, The Wonder Trip
Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Tribe
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise