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:

Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab
Frederic Gaillot
Frederic Gaillot
President, Montalto Capital SAS
Hasinur Rahaman
Hasinur Rahaman
Product Manager, TCG Digital Pvt. Ltd
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
CTO, Rokubun
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
Andrii Shekhirev
Andrii Shekhirev
CEO & Cofounder, Biocatalyst, Enzymity, Warpgate, Satoriweb
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy
Patricia Soares da Costa
CEO & Branding Consultant, Marquinista Branding
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio