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:

Matthieu Lys
Head of Innovation Management, Airbus Defence and Space
Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center
Frederic Gaillot
Frederic Gaillot
President, Montalto Capital SAS
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Alireza Taravat
Senior Data Scientist / Project Manager, Deimos Space
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Alexandre Mencik
Alexandre Mencik
CEO, Space Platform
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Ginny Radmall
Ginny Radmall
Director, The Ivy Way
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Patricia Soares da Costa
CEO & Branding Consultant, Marquinista Branding
Andrii Shekhirev
Andrii Shekhirev
CEO & Cofounder, Biocatalyst, Enzymity, Warpgate, Satoriweb
Uzoma Agba
Business Mentor, Seedstars