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:

Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Alex Godlewski
Alex Godlewski
Investment Senior Associate, NewSpace Capital
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
CTO, Rokubun
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Tribe
Tony Sephton
Tony Sephton
ex-ESA, Special Projects Manager
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise
Gaetano Volpe
Gaetano Volpe
CEO, Latitudo 40
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Managing Partner, HAG Ventures