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:

Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Managing Partner, HAG Ventures
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
CTO, Rokubun
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Mari Carmen Ampiée Vigil
CEO, EE Estrategias para Artistas
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
Miguel García-Cesto Romero
CEO, ASAP Operational Research
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
Alex Godlewski
Alex Godlewski
Investment Senior Associate, NewSpace Capital
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Jennifer Meyer
Jennifer Meyer
Software Developer, N3xtcoder
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space