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:

Andrii Shekhirev
Andrii Shekhirev
CEO & Cofounder, Biocatalyst, Enzymity, Warpgate, Satoriweb
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Managing Partner, HAG Ventures
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt
Dr. Johanna Braun
Dr. Johanna Braun
Owner, Innovation, Venture & Sustainability Advisory
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Ginny Radmall
Ginny Radmall
Director, The Ivy Way
Jasmina Ristic
Jasmina Ristic
Managing Director, Horizer
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Jennifer Meyer
Jennifer Meyer
Software Developer, N3xtcoder
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space