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:

Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise
Javier Bello
Javier Bello
Director Of Marketing & Product Management, Innova4EU
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Tribe
Ginny Radmall
Ginny Radmall
Director, The Ivy Way
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Carles Debart
Carles Debart
Business Development Manager, Geoville
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology