MK

Michael Koenka

Wisdom is power.

Amsterdam, North Holland

Work Experience

  • Strategic Advisor

    2024

    Getsparked is Europe's premiere AI community for high profile experts, founders, investors, academics and executives. I'm responsible for the Funding & Finance track, plus supporting community growth and development as a steering committee board member.

2023

  • Co-Founder

    2023

    Lightbeam surfaces breakthrough innovations and curates connections between founders and corporates. We drive growth by partnering corporates with pioneering tech scale-ups to future-proof business relationships and redefine industry frontiers - together.

  • Managing Partner

    2020

  • Member of The Board of Advisors

    2022

2021

  • Mentor and Investor

    2021

    Moonshot Space Co. brings the best people from around the globe to create and grow new (space) technologies, businesses, and industries of the future.

2022

  • Brand Partner

    2022

2017

  • Accredited Professor, Center for Post Graduate Education

    2017

    Registered Professor in the Center for Post Graduate Education in the Netherlands

2020 - 2023

  • Brand Partner

    2020 - 2023

2020 - 2023

  • Business Mentor

    2020 - 2023

    Pitch, presentation and persuasion mentor for the most promising hand-picked, bleeding-edge startups and scale ups this country has to offer.

2013 - 2023

  • City Director, Amsterdam

    2013 - 2023

    House of Genius Amsterdam is an invitation-only startup event that assembles diverse minds from the local community to disrupt normal thinking patterns and ignite new ideas. With no introductions or preconceived notions, 15 professionals including entrepreneurs, executives, academics, artists and students engage in an open, intense dialogue and debate to spawn truly innovative solutions and perspectives. Sign up today to join our next session!