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:

Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Patricia Soares da Costa
CEO & Branding Consultant, Marquinista Branding
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Managing Partner, HAG Ventures
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Clyde Hutchinson
Clyde Hutchinson
Partner, Journey Partners
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Carlos Bello Marcos
Carlos Bello Marcos
Innovation and Business Development Director, INNOVA4EU
Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
CTO, Rokubun
Alex Godlewski
Alex Godlewski
Investment Senior Associate, NewSpace Capital
Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab