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:

Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Gaetano Volpe
Gaetano Volpe
CEO, Latitudo 40
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Managing Partner, HAG Ventures
Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
Carles Debart
Carles Debart
Business Development Manager, Geoville
Angelos Noulas
Angelos Noulas
Managing Director, Dialog Consulting
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab
Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Founder, Design Myths
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)