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:

Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Mari Carmen Ampiée Vigil
CEO, EE Estrategias para Artistas
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform
Carles Debart
Carles Debart
Business Development Manager, Geoville
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Raili Liiva
Raili Liiva
Partner, Lasting Dynamics
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables