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:

Manuel Cuba
Manuel Cuba
Managing Director, Helix Space
Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
Alex Godlewski
Alex Godlewski
Investment Senior Associate, NewSpace Capital
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Karin Künnapas
Co-Director, kood/Jõhvi
Javier Bello
Javier Bello
Director Of Marketing & Product Management, Innova4EU
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Benedikt Seitz
Benedikt Seitz
Founder, Seitz Ventures
Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy
Gaetano Volpe
Gaetano Volpe
CEO, Latitudo 40
Nisrine Hammout
Data Scientist, Mavim
Stavri Nikolov
Stavri Nikolov
Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab
Angelos Noulas
Angelos Noulas
Managing Director, Dialog Consulting
Bobby Bahov
Bobby Bahov
CEO & Co-founder, Space Mining Technologies
Jasmina Ristic
Jasmina Ristic
Managing Director, Horizer
Mari Carmen Ampiée Vigil
CEO, EE Estrategias para Artistas
Dr. Johanna Braun
Dr. Johanna Braun
Owner, Innovation, Venture & Sustainability Advisory
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder