I will answer the first part of your question, and I will let Jacques answer the second part because the two business directions are very different.
The venture capital companies in Jacques' group operate globally, for all intents and purposes, on the day they are formed. In our 6,000 companies -- of course, the number changes each year because we have new companies who leave us for all kinds of reasons -- we find a little of everything. We have many manufacturers in the export business, service companies, and self-starting companies with an interest in global markets. The more traditional of these companies require a little more attention these days, especially those in manufacturing.
A company that wants to start investing in global markets overnight must do a number of things. It must invest in its equipment in order to become more productive and it must invest in its know-how. So we help these companies with management consulting, as well as by providing them with working capital with which they can research new markets and products. In fact, we support them throughout this period. This is what BDC does best. We are the only financial institution in Canada whose only clients are SMEs.
About a third of our 6,000 rapidly growing companies have the potential to become even bigger. We are following them closely.