VERDARTIS – Biotechnology Development was founded in August 2007, establishing as a university spin-off and supplying services. More precisely services related to the development of innovative products and processes in the area of biotechnology. The company has developing technologies that involve the use of enzymes in industrial processes. Currently the company is focused on the rational development of enzymes to act in processes of biorefineries of the sugar and ethanol sector and of the paper and cellulose sector.