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:

Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Uzoma Agba
Business Mentor, Seedstars
Clyde Hutchinson
Clyde Hutchinson
Partner, Journey Partners
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab
Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Founder, Design Myths