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:

William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Carlos Bello Marcos
Carlos Bello Marcos
Innovation and Business Development Director, INNOVA4EU
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Alex Godlewski
Alex Godlewski
Investment Senior Associate, NewSpace Capital
Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Patricia Soares da Costa
CEO & Branding Consultant, Marquinista Branding
Javier Bello
Javier Bello
Director Of Marketing & Product Management, Innova4EU
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute