I think the challenge in a partnership, for a small company, is knowing all the different opportunities that are available. Even when we go back to Go Global...that was the first time I had seen all the major institutions in one place at one time.
The different opportunities are all there, but it's a question of getting one point of access to guide SMEs through the processes and through the opportunities and the things they might need.
In our case, SDTC and Western Innovation were quite different. SDTC was about putting an example project out into the market—putting a large battery system into an electric ferry. The wind financing is more about our continued product development at an in-house level. The two are complementary.
Do they work together? I guess the more support you can focus on successful companies, the more likely they are to be successful. If the funding is spread very diversely, then there's a risk that it doesn't benefit anyone.