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:

Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Gaetano Volpe
Gaetano Volpe
CEO, Latitudo 40
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Uzoma Agba
Business Mentor, Seedstars
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Clyde Hutchinson
Clyde Hutchinson
Partner, Journey Partners
Carlos Bello Marcos
Carlos Bello Marcos
Innovation and Business Development Director, INNOVA4EU
Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy
Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio