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:

Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Hasinur Rahaman
Hasinur Rahaman
Product Manager, TCG Digital Pvt. Ltd
Gaetano Volpe
Gaetano Volpe
CEO, Latitudo 40
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
Javier Bello
Javier Bello
Director Of Marketing & Product Management, Innova4EU
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Managing Partner, HAG Ventures
Patricia Soares da Costa
CEO & Branding Consultant, Marquinista Branding
Angelos Noulas
Angelos Noulas
Managing Director, Dialog Consulting
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Andrii Shekhirev
Andrii Shekhirev
CEO & Cofounder, Biocatalyst, Enzymity, Warpgate, Satoriweb
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Associate, Lean Sales
Dr. Johanna Braun
Dr. Johanna Braun
Owner, Innovation, Venture & Sustainability Advisory