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:

Kevin Mascarenhas
Kevin Mascarenhas
Principal Coach & Founder, Natural Flow Consultancy
Hasinur Rahaman
Hasinur Rahaman
Product Manager, TCG Digital Pvt. Ltd
Piotr Bucki
Owner, Piotr Bucki
Jan Lukačevič
Jan Lukačevič
Research & Innovation Strategy Developer, Prague Innovation Institute
Alfredo Magliola
Alfredo Magliola
Business Manager, Natural Crunch
Sylvester Kaczmarek
Chief Scientific Officer, Stealth Startup
Patricia Soares da Costa
CEO & Branding Consultant, Marquinista Branding
Mirko Tadic
Mirko Tadic
Managing Director, Bridgeway
Alexandra Garatzogianni
Head of Tech Transfer, Leibniz Information Center for Science & Technology
Johnny Waterschoot
Owner, Aesiris CommV
William Carbone
CEO, The Adjacent Possible
Désiré Nzengou
Consultant, EUSPA
Matt Kuppers
Founder & CEO, Startup Manufactory
Silvia Pepino
Silvia Pepino
Founder and CEO, GlobeEye
Dennis Kibirev
CMO, Founder & CEO @ Mesh Ai, FrontierFunder
Andrea Bauer
Founder & Strategist, BEAM Innovation Studio
Wilhelm Lappe
Wilhelm Lappe
Founder, theBizTour
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Miguel Ángel López Trujillo
Associate, Lean Sales
Javier Bello
Javier Bello
Director Of Marketing & Product Management, Innova4EU
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Rodrigo de Alvarenga
Managing Partner, HAG Ventures