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:

Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Uzoma Agba
Business Mentor, Seedstars
Angelos Noulas
Angelos Noulas
Managing Director, Dialog Consulting
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
Clyde Hutchinson
Clyde Hutchinson
Partner, Journey Partners
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Dalibor Cerny
Dalibor Cerny
Legal Mind, Sparring.io
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Carles Debart
Carles Debart
Business Development Manager, Geoville
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Managing Partner, HAG Ventures
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Tribe