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:

Mirko Tadic
Mirko Tadic
Managing Director, Bridgeway
Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab
Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Associate, Lean Sales
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Mari Carmen Ampiée Vigil
CEO, EE Estrategias para Artistas
Carles Debart
Carles Debart
Business Development Manager, Geoville
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia