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:

Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Founder, Design Myths
Gaetano Volpe
Gaetano Volpe
CEO, Latitudo 40
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Raili Liiva
Raili Liiva
Partner, Lasting Dynamics
Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Frederic Gaillot
Frederic Gaillot
President, Montalto Capital SAS
Uzoma Agba
Business Mentor, Seedstars
Andrii Shekhirev
Andrii Shekhirev
CEO & Cofounder, Biocatalyst, Enzymity, Warpgate, Satoriweb
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible