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:

Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Frederic Gaillot
Frederic Gaillot
President, Montalto Capital SAS
Carlos Bello Marcos
Carlos Bello Marcos
Innovation and Business Development Director, INNOVA4EU
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Laura Herrero Gonzalez
Co-Founder, The Wonder Trip
Uzoma Agba
Business Mentor, Seedstars
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Clyde Hutchinson
Clyde Hutchinson
Partner, Journey Partners
Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
Javier Bello
Javier Bello
Director Of Marketing & Product Management, Innova4EU
Andrii Shekhirev
Andrii Shekhirev
CEO & Cofounder, Biocatalyst, Enzymity, Warpgate, Satoriweb