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:

Frederic Gaillot
Frederic Gaillot
President, Montalto Capital SAS
Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise
Jennifer Meyer
Jennifer Meyer
Software Developer, N3xtcoder
Clyde Hutchinson
Clyde Hutchinson
Partner, Journey Partners
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Managing Partner, HAG Ventures
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Dr. Johanna Braun
Dr. Johanna Braun
Owner, Innovation, Venture & Sustainability Advisory
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
CTO, Rokubun
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki