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:

Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Carles Debart
Carles Debart
Business Development Manager, Geoville
Angelos Noulas
Angelos Noulas
Managing Director, Dialog Consulting
Uzoma Agba
Business Mentor, Seedstars
Carlos Bello Marcos
Carlos Bello Marcos
Innovation and Business Development Director, INNOVA4EU
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Tribe
Alex Godlewski
Alex Godlewski
Investment Senior Associate, NewSpace Capital
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Mari Carmen Ampiée Vigil
CEO, EE Estrategias para Artistas
Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford