Turning breakthrough research into venture-scale companies.

Operator-led advisory. University and national lab pipeline access. 35 years building technology companies.

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About

An operator who teaches.
A teacher who operates.

W. Bradley Werner is Teaching Director of the Deming Center for Entrepreneurship and Assistant Teaching Professor at the Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado Boulder.

Before academia, Brad spent 35+ years as CEO of high-growth technology companies across energy, defense, aviation, and real estate — including co-founding Azumo, a display technology company selected by Amazon Devices and named one of Crain's Chicago Business Most Innovative Companies.

Valley View Partners bridges these worlds: the rigor of university and national lab research and the pattern recognition of serial entrepreneurship, applied to the specific challenge of commercializing deep technology.

35+
Years as CEO & operator
$100M+
Funded & raised
8+
Sectors

Services

Advisory built for the lab-to-market gap.

We work on retainer with a small number of deep tech ventures — typically founders commercializing university or national lab research who need an experienced operator in their corner.

01
Fundraising Strategy
Investor narrative, deck architecture, pipeline management, and warm introductions across the deep tech VC ecosystem.
02
Go-to-Market
Customer discovery, LOI strategy, pricing architecture, and evidence-based validation frameworks.
03
Team & Operations
Hiring strategy, compensation design, board formation, and operational scaffolding that turns a lab team into a company.
04
IP & Licensing
University and national lab technology transfer, exclusive license structuring, and patent portfolio strategy.
05
Federal Funding
SBIR/STTR strategy, DoD and civilian agency relationships, and non-dilutive capital stacking alongside venture rounds.
06
Board & Governance
Board composition, financial reporting, investor communications, and governance frameworks for early-stage ventures.

Credentials

Where we come from.

University

●Teaching Director, Deming Center for Entrepreneurship
●Asst. Teaching Professor, Leeds School of Business, CU Boulder
●New Venture Creation — 200+ undergraduates / semester
●New Venture Launch — MBA
●Summer program director, Aix-en-Provence, France

Operator

●35+ years as CEO of high-growth technology companies
●Co-founder, Azumo — display tech (Amazon, Crain's Most Innovative)
●Former CBO, Icarus Quantum — quantum photonic interconnects
●Board member, GeoTrek — premium adventure vehicles
●Co-host, Creative Distillation podcast (100+ episodes)

Our Edge

Proprietary visibility into the university and national lab pipeline — we see the ventures before the market does.

Sectors

Quantum TechnologiesPhotonicsDefense & National SecurityAdvanced MaterialsEnergyDisplay TechnologyAerospaceBiotech

Contact

Let's talk about what
you're building.

Valley View Partners works with a limited number of deep tech founders at a time. If you're commercializing university or national lab research, we'd welcome the conversation.

brad@vvp.co →
Email
brad@vvp.co
Location
Boulder, Colorado
Affiliated
Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado Boulder