BDC provided financing and advisory services to a record 60,000 Canadian business owners in fiscal 2019, up 7 percent from a year ago, according to its annual report. Committed capital of BDC Capital, the growth equity, mezzanine and venture capital investment arm of BDC, now totals more than $3 billion. BDC Capital's Growth & Transition Capital team committed $900 million to business transitions in fiscal 2019, with nearly $200 million deployed. Its $200 million Women in Technology Venture Fund also invested in 19 women-led companies, bringing the total to 25. The Venture Capital team increased its focus on late-stage companies, co-creating an information technology fund and launching its $250 million Industrial Innovation Venture Fund.