Michael Koenka

Strategic Advisor

2024 - Current

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.

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

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.

Brand Partner

2022

Accredited Professor, Center for Post Graduate Education

2017

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

Brand Partner

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.

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!