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:

Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Raili Liiva
Raili Liiva
Partner, Lasting Dynamics
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Moyses Moyseos
Incubation Manager, Gravity Ventures Technology Incubator
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Founder, Design Myths
Patricia Soares da Costa
CEO & Branding Consultant, Marquinista Branding
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Angelos Noulas
Angelos Noulas
Managing Director, Dialog Consulting
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Mari Carmen Ampiée Vigil
CEO, EE Estrategias para Artistas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy