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:

Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Dr. Johanna Braun
Dr. Johanna Braun
Owner, Innovation, Venture & Sustainability Advisory
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Managing Partner, HAG Ventures
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Mari Carmen Ampiée Vigil
CEO, EE Estrategias para Artistas
Andrii Shekhirev
Andrii Shekhirev
CEO & Cofounder, Biocatalyst, Enzymity, Warpgate, Satoriweb
Clyde Hutchinson
Clyde Hutchinson
Partner, Journey Partners
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy
Uzoma Agba
Business Mentor, Seedstars
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
CTO, Rokubun
Mirko Tadic
Mirko Tadic
Managing Director, Bridgeway