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:

Alex Godlewski
Alex Godlewski
Investment Senior Associate, NewSpace Capital
Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Frederic Gaillot
Frederic Gaillot
President, Montalto Capital SAS
Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Laura Herrero Gonzalez
Co-Founder, The Wonder Trip
Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA
Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise
Javier Bello
Javier Bello
Director Of Marketing & Product Management, Innova4EU
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Patricia Soares da Costa
CEO & Branding Consultant, Marquinista Branding
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder