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:

Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy
Uzoma Agba
Business Mentor, Seedstars
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Pablo Garrido
Pablo Garrido
Investment Manager, EIT Urban Mobility
Ginny Radmall
Ginny Radmall
Director, The Ivy Way
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Founder, Design Myths
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Andrii Shekhirev
Andrii Shekhirev
CEO & Cofounder, Biocatalyst, Enzymity, Warpgate, Satoriweb
Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia