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:

Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Angelos Noulas
Angelos Noulas
Managing Director, Dialog Consulting
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Uzoma Agba
Business Mentor, Seedstars
Laura Herrero Gonzalez
Co-Founder, The Wonder Trip
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki
Hasinur Rahaman
Hasinur Rahaman
Product Manager, TCG Digital Pvt. Ltd
Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA
Andrii Shekhirev
Andrii Shekhirev
CEO & Cofounder, Biocatalyst, Enzymity, Warpgate, Satoriweb
Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
Jasmina Ristic
Jasmina Ristic
Managing Director, Horizer
Pablo Garrido
Pablo Garrido
Investment Manager, EIT Urban Mobility
Javier Bello
Javier Bello
Director Of Marketing & Product Management, Innova4EU
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy