01Builders
A strong idea is not a route to market.
Builders need access to the companies, partners, capital and decisions that can move the work forward.
For builders45°NORD
Guiding innovation through terrain.
Switzerland and Europe have the power to shape what comes next. Our mission is to unleash it.
The science, technology, talent and industrial strength are world-class. Innovation is not the constraint. Navigation is.
45°NORD helps that power move—across builders, companies and places.
See the systemONE SYSTEM / THREE LEVELS
Innovation cannot be unleashed one level at a time.
Builders shape what is possible. Companies shape what is adopted and scaled. Places shape who meets, what flows and what compounds.The dynamics between them determine what moves. That’s why 45°NORD works across all three.
CHOOSE YOUR LEVEL
The bottleneck depends on where you stand.
02Companies
A strategy deck is not movement.
Companies need to know what deserves attention, what to test and how it reaches operations.
For companies03Places
A collection of tenants is not an ecosystem.
Places need a credible role, an operating model and reasons for the right actors to work together.
For placesWHAT 45°NORD DOES
We identify what is blocking progress, bring in whoever is missing and build the smallest setup that can move it.
Three customers and ten days. A corporate buyer and a startup. A tenant roundtable. A market test. Or a clear reason not to proceed.
Enough to produce a decision—not another recommendation.
The point is not more innovation activity. It is a useful next move.
Built from experience across startups, corporate leadership, innovation locations, universities, investors and public institutions.
Why 45°NORD
Why 45°NORD
START WITH WHAT IS STUCK
What should be moving—but isn’t?
Bring us the business challenge, venture or place. We’ll tell you where we would start—and whether 45°NORD is the right setup.