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:

Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Pablo Garrido
Pablo Garrido
Investment Manager, EIT Urban Mobility
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Uzoma Agba
Business Mentor, Seedstars
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Managing Partner, HAG Ventures
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab
Carles Debart
Carles Debart
Business Development Manager, Geoville
Hasinur Rahaman
Hasinur Rahaman
Product Manager, TCG Digital Pvt. Ltd
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Associate, Lean Sales
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Patricia Soares da Costa
CEO & Branding Consultant, Marquinista Branding