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:

Jasmina Ristic
Jasmina Ristic
Managing Director, Horizer
Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research
Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Frederic Gaillot
Frederic Gaillot
President, Montalto Capital SAS
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Carlos Bello Marcos
Carlos Bello Marcos
Innovation and Business Development Director, INNOVA4EU
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Pablo Garrido
Pablo Garrido
Investment Manager, EIT Urban Mobility
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Associate, Lean Sales
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables