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:

Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Patricia Soares da Costa
CEO & Branding Consultant, Marquinista Branding
Alex Godlewski
Alex Godlewski
Investment Senior Associate, NewSpace Capital
Laura Herrero Gonzalez
Co-Founder, The Wonder Trip
Angelos Noulas
Angelos Noulas
Managing Director, Dialog Consulting
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Jasmina Ristic
Jasmina Ristic
Managing Director, Horizer
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Andrii Shekhirev
Andrii Shekhirev
CEO & Cofounder, Biocatalyst, Enzymity, Warpgate, Satoriweb
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored