They also deliver loan funds (pools of up to Cdn$5 million) targeted to new or existing businesses owned by women with loan values of up to Cdn$150 000. The loans, particularly when combined with business advice and business planning assistance, are considered the most significant service received by clients. This assistance led to new start-ups and jobs, job retention in existing client firms, increased revenues, and higher survival rates than for the average Canadian SME (Ference Weicker & Co., 2008).