Michael Koenka
The future belongs to those who see it coming - first.
Amsterdam, North Holland
Invests in
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Min Investment:
$10,000.00Max Investment:
$250,000.00Target Investment:
$100,000.00
Skills
Education
- CU
- CU
- DC
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Work Experience
2023
Founder
2023
Lightbeam is the world's first frontier innovation agency for legacy industries. We help investors and innovators dominate the future of tech.
2024
Co-Founder & CEO
2025
Strategic Advisor
2024 - 2025
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.
2020
Managing Partner
2020
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
2022 - 2024
Member of The Board of Advisors
2022 - 2024
2021 - 2024
Mentor and Investor
2021 - 2024
Moonshot Space Co. brings the best people from around the globe to create and grow new (space) technologies, businesses, and industries of the future.
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!