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:

Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Managing Partner, HAG Ventures
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Dr. Johanna Braun
Dr. Johanna Braun
Owner, Innovation, Venture & Sustainability Advisory
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research
Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy
Pablo Garrido
Pablo Garrido
Investment Manager, EIT Urban Mobility
Jennifer Meyer
Jennifer Meyer
Software Developer, N3xtcoder
Carlos Bello Marcos
Carlos Bello Marcos
Innovation and Business Development Director, INNOVA4EU
Andrii Shekhirev
Andrii Shekhirev
CEO & Cofounder, Biocatalyst, Enzymity, Warpgate, Satoriweb
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs