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:

Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Pablo Garrido
Pablo Garrido
Investment Manager, EIT Urban Mobility
Raili Liiva
Raili Liiva
Partner, Lasting Dynamics
Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Hasinur Rahaman
Hasinur Rahaman
Product Manager, TCG Digital Pvt. Ltd
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space