HighJump Software, founded in 1983, is an Eden Prairie-based company that provides the industry's most adaptable, extended supply chain execution solutions. With revenues of $31 million and a team of 180, HighJump has become the fastest growing company in this industry by posting %30 growth in each of its last two fiscal years. A great deal of this success is attributed to what president and CEO, Chris Heim, calls a new generation of software-one that provides customers with robust functionality yet is flexible enough for customers to own the system and adapt it quickly and cost-effectively to their ever-changing business needs. Today, over 700 companies worldwide have made their supply chains more efficient by implementing HighJump's flexible supply chain execution software. Customers include such names as Verizon, Starbucks, Circuit City, and Minnesota organizations like Toro, AVEDA, Fingerhut, Select Comfort, CenterPoint Energy, C.H. Robinson, Alliant Energy, and BEVCORe Solutions.  www.highjumpsoftware.com

Nazca Solutions is a Direct Commerce Automation (DCA) company specializing in Order Management & Supply Chain Technology solutions.  Its core offering is a software engine that is installed and executing enterprise-wide order management transactions today.  It automates, integrates and manages the essential business processes that touch customers, process transactions, book orders, and ship. www.nazcainc.com

POSITUS is a Minneapolis-based developer of life-saving, location-based safety technology. Initial focus is on the PowerSports (motorcycle, ATV, & snowmobile) market with product endorsements pending from Police, Fire, EMT, and major motorcycle organizations. Additional location/safety technology is being developed for the automotive, bicycle and camping/survival markets for a combined market opportunity of U.S. $33.3 Billion.  The technology is currently Patent Pending and the company hopes to begin taking orders prior to the end of the year.  www.posituscorp.com

Modular Computing & Communications (MC2) was formed to develop an integrated, mobile computer and cell phone end-user device. MC2 and its technology partners have developed and are integrating technology that allows an end-user to carry, with little effort, a Pentium-class PC/cell phone combination (“PAC”) on their belts or in their pockets. End-users can interface with the PAC system through a wireless monitor and headset. A docking station, with keyboard and mouse, can provide end-users with a typical desktop computing environment that they are familiar with. The docking station will provide power for re-charging the PAC and wireless monitor and network connectivity while docked. When the end-users go mobile, they remove the PAC and wireless monitor, which they carry with them and connect through the wireless capabilities of the PAC to their networks.  The Company is working with industry leaders such as IBM, Intel, Transmeta, Siemens, and others to produce as high quality device as possible. It is intended that the device will carry both an IBM and a MC2 logo.   (no website)