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:

Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
Clyde Hutchinson
Clyde Hutchinson
Partner, Journey Partners
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Managing Partner, HAG Ventures
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Alex Godlewski
Alex Godlewski
Investment Senior Associate, NewSpace Capital
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform
Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Moyses Moyseos
Incubation Manager, Gravity Ventures Technology Incubator
Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
Miquel Garcia Fernandez
CTO, Rokubun
Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Associate, Lean Sales