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:

Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Uzoma Agba
Business Mentor, Seedstars
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Mari Carmen Ampiée Vigil
CEO, EE Estrategias para Artistas
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy
Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt
Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Raili Liiva
Raili Liiva
Partner, Lasting Dynamics
Alex Godlewski
Alex Godlewski
Investment Senior Associate, NewSpace Capital
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford