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:

Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Tribe
Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy
Alex Godlewski
Alex Godlewski
Investment Senior Associate, NewSpace Capital
Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Uzoma Agba
Business Mentor, Seedstars
Clyde Hutchinson
Clyde Hutchinson
Partner, Journey Partners
Ginny Radmall
Ginny Radmall
Director, The Ivy Way
Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki
Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Andrii Shekhirev
Andrii Shekhirev
CEO & Cofounder, Biocatalyst, Enzymity, Warpgate, Satoriweb
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Associate, Lean Sales
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup