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:

Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Tribe
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy
Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Carles Debart
Carles Debart
Business Development Manager, Geoville
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Managing Partner, HAG Ventures
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Uzoma Agba
Business Mentor, Seedstars
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Mirko Tadic
Mirko Tadic
Managing Director, Bridgeway
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures