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.
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Gaetano Volpe
Gaetano Volpe
CEO, Latitudo 40
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research
Carles Debart
Carles Debart
Business Development Manager, Geoville
Uzoma Agba
Business Mentor, Seedstars
Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki
Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise
Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space