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:

Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Tribe
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Alex Godlewski
Alex Godlewski
Investment Senior Associate, NewSpace Capital
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Uzoma Agba
Business Mentor, Seedstars
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Associate, Lean Sales
Carlos Bello Marcos
Carlos Bello Marcos
Innovation and Business Development Director, INNOVA4EU
Mari Carmen Ampiée Vigil
CEO, EE Estrategias para Artistas
Jasmina Ristic
Jasmina Ristic
Managing Director, Horizer
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75