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:

Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Giampiero Bonfiglio
Head Of Business Continuity Management Office, Mediobanca Group
Pablo Garrido
Pablo Garrido
Investment Manager, EIT Urban Mobility
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
Hasinur Rahaman
Hasinur Rahaman
Product Manager, TCG Digital Pvt. Ltd
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Dimitris Matsakis
Dimitris Matsakis
Partner, P.L.A.N.
Mari Carmen Ampiée Vigil
CEO, EE Estrategias para Artistas
Emmanuel Mondon
Founder & Senior Consultant, AdviceGEO
Julia Gottfriedsen
Julia Gottfriedsen
Data Science Team Lead, OroraTech GmbH
Ginny Radmall
Ginny Radmall
Director, The Ivy Way
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Laura Herrero Gonzalez
Co-Founder, The Wonder Trip
Gleb Maltsev
Pitch Coach & Co-founder, Fundwise
Carlos Bello Marcos
Carlos Bello Marcos
Innovation and Business Development Director, INNOVA4EU
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Nicola Musgrove
Entrepreneurial Programmes Director, Anchored
Dr. Johanna Braun
Dr. Johanna Braun
Owner, Innovation, Venture & Sustainability Advisory