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
Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki
Raili Liiva
Raili Liiva
Partner, Lasting Dynamics
Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Ginny Radmall
Ginny Radmall
Director, The Ivy Way
Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA
Karlis Skuja
CEO, WindHackers
Dr. Johanna Braun
Dr. Johanna Braun
Owner, Innovation, Venture & Sustainability Advisory
Uzoma Agba
Business Mentor, Seedstars
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Christophe Christiaen
Christophe Christiaen
Innovation and Impact Lead, University of Oxford
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Tribe
Javier Bello
Javier Bello
Director Of Marketing & Product Management, Innova4EU
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.