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:

Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research
Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Managing Partner, HAG Ventures
Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Founder, Design Myths
Raili Liiva
Raili Liiva
Partner, Lasting Dynamics
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Associate, Lean Sales
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Tribe
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye