MK

Michael Koenka

The future belongs to those who see it coming - first.

Amsterdam, North Holland

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.

  • 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.

  • 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!