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:

Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Javier Bello
Javier Bello
Director Of Marketing & Product Management, Innova4EU
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia
Raili Liiva
Raili Liiva
Partner, Lasting Dynamics
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Carlos Bello Marcos
Carlos Bello Marcos
Innovation and Business Development Director, INNOVA4EU
Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV
Andrii Shekhirev
Andrii Shekhirev
CEO & Cofounder, Biocatalyst, Enzymity, Warpgate, Satoriweb
Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center
Ginny Radmall
Ginny Radmall
Director, The Ivy Way
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
Alex Godlewski
Alex Godlewski
Investment Senior Associate, NewSpace Capital
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Moyses Moyseos
Incubation Manager, Gravity Ventures Technology Incubator
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO