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:

Jennifer Meyer
Jennifer Meyer
Software Developer, N3xtcoder
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Ginny Radmall
Ginny Radmall
Director, The Ivy Way
Frederic Gaillot
Frederic Gaillot
President, Montalto Capital SAS
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Alex Godlewski
Alex Godlewski
Investment Senior Associate, NewSpace Capital
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Patricia Soares da Costa
CEO & Branding Consultant, Marquinista Branding
Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)