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:

Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Mari Carmen Ampiée Vigil
CEO, EE Estrategias para Artistas
Orfeas Voutyras
Associate & Scientific Advisor, Corallia
Uzoma Agba
Business Mentor, Seedstars
Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Managing Partner, HAG Ventures
Patricia Soares da Costa
CEO & Branding Consultant, Marquinista Branding
Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Angelos Noulas
Angelos Noulas
Managing Director, Dialog Consulting
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Andrii Shekhirev
Andrii Shekhirev
CEO & Cofounder, Biocatalyst, Enzymity, Warpgate, Satoriweb
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Pablo Garrido
Pablo Garrido
Investment Manager, EIT Urban Mobility
Jennifer Meyer
Jennifer Meyer
Software Developer, N3xtcoder
Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise