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:

Laura Herrero Gonzalez
Co-Founder, The Wonder Trip
Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia
Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Associate, Lean Sales
Uzoma Agba
Business Mentor, Seedstars
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Andrii Shekhirev
Andrii Shekhirev
CEO & Cofounder, Biocatalyst, Enzymity, Warpgate, Satoriweb
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Frederic Gaillot
Frederic Gaillot
President, Montalto Capital SAS
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Hasinur Rahaman
Hasinur Rahaman
Product Manager, TCG Digital Pvt. Ltd
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency