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:

Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
Uzoma Agba
Business Mentor, Seedstars
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Mari Carmen Ampiée Vigil
CEO, EE Estrategias para Artistas
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Raili Liiva
Raili Liiva
Partner, Lasting Dynamics
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Managing Partner, HAG Ventures
Jasmina Ristic
Jasmina Ristic
Managing Director, Horizer
Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible