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:

Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Founder, Design Myths
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Laura Herrero Gonzalez
Co-Founder, The Wonder Trip
Pablo Garrido
Pablo Garrido
Investment Manager, EIT Urban Mobility
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Mirko Tadic
Mirko Tadic
Managing Director, Bridgeway
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Clyde Hutchinson
Clyde Hutchinson
Partner, Journey Partners
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup