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:

Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Carlos Bello Marcos
Carlos Bello Marcos
Innovation and Business Development Director, INNOVA4EU
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Associate, Lean Sales
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Gaetano Volpe
Gaetano Volpe
CEO, Latitudo 40
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki
Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA
Alex Godlewski
Alex Godlewski
Investment Senior Associate, NewSpace Capital
Clyde Hutchinson
Clyde Hutchinson
Partner, Journey Partners
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford