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:

Mirko Tadic
Mirko Tadic
Managing Director, Bridgeway
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Associate, Lean Sales
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Jasmina Ristic
Jasmina Ristic
Managing Director, Horizer
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Managing Partner, HAG Ventures
Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Laura Herrero Gonzalez
Co-Founder, The Wonder Trip
Clyde Hutchinson
Clyde Hutchinson
Partner, Journey Partners
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible