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:

Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Alex Godlewski
Alex Godlewski
Investment Senior Associate, NewSpace Capital
Javier Bello
Javier Bello
Director Of Marketing & Product Management, Innova4EU
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Tribe
Carles Debart
Carles Debart
Business Development Manager, Geoville
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Ginny Radmall
Ginny Radmall
Director, The Ivy Way
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Moyses Moyseos
Incubation Manager, Gravity Ventures Technology Incubator
Carlos Bello Marcos
Carlos Bello Marcos
Innovation and Business Development Director, INNOVA4EU
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Clyde Hutchinson
Clyde Hutchinson
Partner, Journey Partners