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:

Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Pablo Garrido
Pablo Garrido
Investment Manager, EIT Urban Mobility
Carlos Bello Marcos
Carlos Bello Marcos
Innovation and Business Development Director, INNOVA4EU
Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Uzoma Agba
Business Mentor, Seedstars
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt
Gaetano Volpe
Gaetano Volpe
CEO, Latitudo 40
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Andrii Shekhirev
Andrii Shekhirev
CEO & Cofounder, Biocatalyst, Enzymity, Warpgate, Satoriweb