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:

Hasinur Rahaman
Hasinur Rahaman
Product Manager, TCG Digital Pvt. Ltd
Xavier Banqué
CEO, Rokubun
Raili Liiva
Raili Liiva
Partner, Lasting Dynamics
Claudia van den Berg Morelli
Founder, Mint Labs
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy
Gabriele De Canio
Transformation Officer, European Space Agency
Floriano Bonfigli
Floriano Bonfigli
Program Director, AC75
Carlos Bello Marcos
Carlos Bello Marcos
Innovation and Business Development Director, INNOVA4EU
Jennifer Meyer
Jennifer Meyer
Software Developer, N3xtcoder
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Managing Partner, HAG Ventures
Panis Pieri
Founder, Panis.News
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Jolien Van Puyvelde
Founder, Design Myths
Alex Godlewski
Alex Godlewski
Investment Senior Associate, NewSpace Capital
Giorgio Licciardi
Technologist, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Pedro Branco
Chief Executive Officer, Virtual Angle B.V.
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Andreas Elia
Andreas Elia
Project Manager - IoT Solutions, CyRIC - Cyprus Research and Innovation Center