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:

Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki
Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Jasmina Ristic
Jasmina Ristic
Managing Director, Horizer
Javier Bello
Javier Bello
Director Of Marketing & Product Management, Innova4EU
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Founder, Design Myths
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Andrii Shekhirev
Andrii Shekhirev
CEO & Cofounder, Biocatalyst, Enzymity, Warpgate, Satoriweb
Moyses Moyseos
Incubation Manager, Gravity Ventures Technology Incubator
Raili Liiva
Raili Liiva
Partner, Lasting Dynamics
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Carlos Bello Marcos
Carlos Bello Marcos
Innovation and Business Development Director, INNOVA4EU
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford