Women Entrepreneurs' Fund

Women entrepreneurs who want to expand on an existing business or seek new market opportunities outside of Canada may apply for this fund.

Required: Company is profitable; shareholders are committed to the company and have good financial controls and reporting.
Preferable: Company has a market advantage in a growing industry. 
Not suitable for: Company start-ups or companies in a turnaround situation.

All BDC approvals are based on a case-by-case evaluation. BDC looks at your whole project - its viability, your management team, and your company's financial strength, commitment, and future prospects. This allows BDC to be more flexible, take greater risks, and to help an increasing number of innovative women entrepreneurs.

BDC aims to provide women entrepreneurs with the necessary resources so they can expand their businesses and seek new market opportunities outside of Canada. The fund will primarily offer women entrepreneurs subordinate financing because the borrower has the obligation to repay the loan. It also has characteristics similar to equity financing in that the repayment of the loan is based on cash flow, instead of depreciating company assets.