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
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Frederic Gaillot
Frederic Gaillot
President, Montalto Capital SAS
Clyde Hutchinson
Clyde Hutchinson
Partner, Journey Partners
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Javier Bello
Javier Bello
Director Of Marketing & Product Management, Innova4EU
Ginny Radmall
Ginny Radmall
Director, The Ivy Way
Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab
Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki
Raili Liiva
Raili Liiva
Partner, Lasting Dynamics
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space