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Alex Barrera is a corporate event host, deep tech advisor, and pitch coach based in Madrid. He is Founder & Director of the Deep Tech Institute, works with European deep tech funds on deal flow and due diligence, and is a lead emcee at South Summit and Valencia Digital Summit. He also hosts innovation days for companies including Iberia, FCC, Air Liquide, and WIVI Vision.

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Alex Barrera is a corporate event host, deep tech advisor, and pitch coach based in Madrid. He is Founder & Director of the Deep Tech Institute, works with several European deep tech funds on deal flow and due diligence, and writes weekly at The Aleph as Editor-in-Chief. He co-founded tech.eu (acquired) and the Tetuan Valley accelerator. As an emcee he has been a lead host at South Summit across all fifteen editions — introducing His Majesty King Felipe VI at the 2026 opening — and at Valencia Digital Summit. He has also hosted World Summit AI Amsterdam, EDP’s corporate event during Web Summit week in Lisbon, and the KOTRA deep tech pitch competition at Mobile World Congress. Corporate work includes innovation days and leadership sessions for Iberia, FCC, Air Liquide, and WIVI Vision. He teaches innovation at IE Business School and coaches fundraising decks for startups, VCs, and fund managers. TechCrunch has covered his pitch training work.

Photos

Alex Barrera hosting FCC Innovation Day — Stage, FCC Innovation Day

Alex Barrera keynote at SETE — Keynote, SETE

Alex Barrera presenting on sustainability — Sustainability talk

Topics

See the full list on the Innovation page.

Past events

Conference and corporate credits are listed on the Speaking page, which also carries the current calendar of upcoming and recent dates.