SDTC operates two funds totaling $1.05 billion to address different gaps in the innovation chain: the $550 million SD Tech Fund launched in 2002 and the $500 million NextGen Biofuels Fund launched in 2007. As of December 2009, SDTC had allocated $463 million across 183 projects, leveraging $1.6 billion total. SDTC investments are leveraged 2.4 to 1 on average and are bringing an investment envelope of $1.6 to $2.2 billion to clean technology in Canada by the end of 2010.