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:

Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Frederic Gaillot
Frederic Gaillot
President, Montalto Capital SAS
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Carlos Bello Marcos
Carlos Bello Marcos
Innovation and Business Development Director, INNOVA4EU
Patricia Soares da Costa
CEO & Branding Consultant, Marquinista Branding
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Associate, Lean Sales
Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab
Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki