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
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Patricia Soares da Costa
CEO & Branding Consultant, Marquinista Branding
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
CTO, Rokubun
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
Carlos Bello Marcos
Carlos Bello Marcos
Innovation and Business Development Director, INNOVA4EU
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Tribe
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Frederic Gaillot
Frederic Gaillot
President, Montalto Capital SAS
Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Gaetano Volpe
Gaetano Volpe
CEO, Latitudo 40
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH