4th Venture Forum (Minas Gerais) 1 - 2 August 2001 4G PESQUISA & DESENVOLVIMENTO LTDA Entrepreneur: Denise Machado The purpose of the company 4GP&D is to research, develop, produce and retail products in the area of functional and molecular biotechnology and other related activities. Its principal strategy will be ongoing technological innovation based on the new post-genome technologies, such as proteoma, transcriptoma, etc., applied to the development of products for human health (pharmaceutical products, vaccines, serums, diagnosis kits).

CHRON EPIGEN LTDA Entrepreneur: Eduardo Cruz Chron Epigen produces and sells medicinal drugs based on recombinant proteins such as human recombinant Eritropoietina, Interferon and the growth hormone. Besides developing biotechnology products in the health area, it provides cell culture and bioengineering services.

CRYOPRAXIS CRIOBIOLOGIA LTDA Entrepreneur: Simone Amaral Cryopraxis is a young company that offers enduring storage services for biological specimens under cryopreservation. There is a fast expanding market for the services involving this technique which should reach practically all specialist medical areas.

EASYCAE DESIGNER LTDA Entrepreneur: Roberto Santos Martins The focus of EasyCAE is industrializing and automating design processes. The company develops plug-ins for existing computer systems (CAE, CAD, CAM and ERP). These plug-ins do not only facilitate and expedite the use of the aforementioned systems but also integrate them. EasyCAE solutions intend to fill the existing gap between corporate downstream systems and ERP.

HYDRO CLEAN INDÚSTRIA E COMÉRCIO LTDA Entrepreneur: Jader Martins Hydro Clean is a seed-company working with cleaning water contaminated with organic compounds. Its technological edge in this process lies in the use of hydrophobized vermiculite, which has nothing similar on the market. Hydro Clean operates in plants that require treatment for liquid effluents contaminated with organic compounds. The main industrial sectors that could use the product are integrated steel mills, refineries, textiles, mining, dairy produce, beverages, sewage treatment and agricultural defensives.

LINKINDUSTRIA NEGÓCIOS ON LINE LTDA Entrepreneur: Kleynér Petró LinkIndústria is a business channel that permits companies in a neutral selected electronic environment in complete confidentiality the personalized customer relationship. It offers two products designed to meet different demands in the chemical and petrochemical areas. The first, called a Business Center, for small and medium-size distribution and production companies (customer portfolio). The second, called Private Chamber, for large production companies (technological tool).

MOBILE SOLUTION TECHNOLOGY LTDA Entrepreneur: Jean Michel Guillaume Mobile Solution Technology is a young company and develops innovative mobile computer solutions (m-solutions), through wireless technologies and palm computing to improve the mobility of people and companies. The company seeks investment opportunities for its latest product Most Car Navigator and for developing a series of Most Comovou? products, both based on geo-reference mapping.

NETSINAI S/A Entrepreneur: Antonio Valeriano Lopes NetSinai is a wireless broadband Internet access provider based in Londrina, Paraná, where its presence is in 40 buildings and has 500 customers. The corporate focus is to provide broadband access to companies and individuals (last mile). Its sources of income are basically subscriptions and corporate links.