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
Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center
Gaetano Volpe
Gaetano Volpe
CEO, Latitudo 40
Mari Carmen Ampiée Vigil
CEO, EE Estrategias para Artistas
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Alex Godlewski
Alex Godlewski
Investment Senior Associate, NewSpace Capital
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Uzoma Agba
Business Mentor, Seedstars
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Carlos Bello Marcos
Carlos Bello Marcos
Innovation and Business Development Director, INNOVA4EU
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Hasinur Rahaman
Hasinur Rahaman
Product Manager, TCG Digital Pvt. Ltd
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Angelos Noulas
Angelos Noulas
Managing Director, Dialog Consulting
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup