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:

Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA
Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Dr. Johanna Braun
Dr. Johanna Braun
Owner, Innovation, Venture & Sustainability Advisory
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
CTO, Rokubun
Carles Debart
Carles Debart
Business Development Manager, Geoville
Mirko Tadic
Mirko Tadic
Managing Director, Bridgeway
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Mari Carmen Ampiée Vigil
CEO, EE Estrategias para Artistas
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt