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:

Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
CTO, Rokubun
Alex Godlewski
Alex Godlewski
Investment Senior Associate, NewSpace Capital
Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
Moyses Moyseos
Incubation Manager, Gravity Ventures Technology Incubator
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Carlos Bello Marcos
Carlos Bello Marcos
Innovation and Business Development Director, INNOVA4EU
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Tribe
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Associate, Lean Sales
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA
Dr. Johanna Braun
Dr. Johanna Braun
Owner, Innovation, Venture & Sustainability Advisory
Laura Herrero Gonzalez
Co-Founder, The Wonder Trip