The performance summary presented for the financial year ending March 2009 illustrated the following: . accumulated expenditure of R124m; . investment in projects R95m; . raised R45m external funding; . 24 funded projects (22 active, 15 collaborative); . Over 90 proposals evaluated; . Accumulated turnover of six late stage projects R28M . One startup company reached profit breakeven and two more expected in the current financial year; . More than 180 jobs created; . 11 products/technologies/services commercialized.