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:

Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise
Aravind Ravichandran
Founder, TerraWatch Space
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Masiar Emanuel Nashat
Co-Founder, The Rainmaker Tribe
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Ginny Radmall
Ginny Radmall
Director, The Ivy Way
Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Managing Partner, HAG Ventures
Marco Poliafico
Marco Poliafico
Modeller Associate, GE Renewables
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
MD Bayzidul Islam
MD Bayzidul Islam
PHD Candidate, TU Darmstadt
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Frederic Gaillot
Frederic Gaillot
President, Montalto Capital SAS
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye