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:

Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy
Jasmina Ristic
Jasmina Ristic
Managing Director, Horizer
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
CTO, Rokubun
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research
Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Founder, Design Myths
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt
Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Javier Bello
Javier Bello
Director Of Marketing & Product Management, Innova4EU
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)