Stephan Reckie is Executive Director of GEN Space, the space entrepreneurship initiative of the Global Entrepreneurship Network, which operates in 200 countries, and a Venture Partner at Hypernova Fund, an early stage space technology investment fund. He is a longtime entrepreneur, angel investor, advisor, and advocate for the global space economy.

Stephan also serves on the board of the Beyond Earth Institute and is Co-Founder and Managing Member of Angelus Funding, an angel investment group he helped establish in 2012. With a background in electrical engineering and decades of entrepreneurial and investment experience, he works at the intersection of space, innovation, entrepreneurship, and capital.

Through his international work, Stephan is passionate about connecting founders, investors, industry leaders, and emerging space ecosystems to accelerate new ventures and expand economic opportunity in the rapidly evolving global space economy.