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:

Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Jasmina Ristic
Jasmina Ristic
Managing Director, Horizer
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Founder, Design Myths
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Managing Partner, HAG Ventures
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Associate, Lean Sales
Patricia Soares da Costa
CEO & Branding Consultant, Marquinista Branding
Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO