Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship (벤처창업연구)

The Korean Society of Business Venturing (한국벤처창업학회)
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The Effect of Venture Capital Investment on Corporate Innovation Performance

벤처캐피탈 투자가 벤처기업 혁신성과에 미치는 영향

  • Received : 2019.09.15
  • Accepted : 2020.02.20
  • Published : 2020.02.29
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Abstract

This study analyzes the innovation performance of venture firms according to existence of venture capital investment, and according to type and ownership of venture capital. Venture firms are IPO firms that are registered on KOSDAQ between the year 2000 and 2016. They are categorized as corporate venture capital-backed firms (CVC) and independent venture capital-backed firms (IVC). Using patent data from KIPO (Korean Intellectual Property Office), we employ the number of patents and the citations per patent as the measurement of the innovation output. We find the positive association between the venture capital-backed firms and the number of patents before going public. Corporate venture capital-backed firms are positively associated with the number of patents before and after IPO. However, we do not find strong evidence between the number of citations and the existence of venture capital investment or the type of venture capital. Lastly, we provide an inverse U-shaped relationship between the innovation performance and venture capital's ownership. In other words, the innovation output, both the number of patents and the number of citations, gradually increases as the venture capitalist's ownership increases, but also shows a decrease pattern, suggesting that the venture capitalist's ownership does not only spur the innovation but also gives a negative effect on venture firm's innovation output such as excessive intervention. Overall, we reveal that the most important factor for the innovation performance is not the existence of venture capital investment or the type of venture capital, but the ownership of the venture capitalist.

본 연구는 코스닥시장에 상장한 기업을 대상으로 상장 전·후 벤처캐피탈 지원여부, 벤처캐피탈 유형 및 지분율에 따라 벤처기업(피투자 기업)의 혁신역량에 차이가 존재하는지 살펴보고자 한다. 벤처캐피탈 유형은 기업벤처캐피탈(CVC)과 독립벤처캐피탈(IVC)로 세분화하고, 혁신을 측정하는 방법으로는 특허청이 보유한 벤처기업의 특허자료를 활용한다. 특허건수(출원, 등록)와 더불어 특허의 피인용횟수를 고려하여 벤처기업의 혁신성과를 엄밀히 측정한다. 분석 결과 벤처캐피탈 지원여부는 벤처기업 상장 이전에만 특허건수에 긍정적인 영향을 미쳤다. 그리고 기업벤처캐피탈 지원을 받은 벤처기업이 독립벤처캐피탈 지원을 받은 경우보다 상장 전·후 특허수에서 정(+)의 관계를 보였다. 반면 피인용횟수에서는 벤처캐피탈 지원에 따른 성과를 찾을 수 없었다. 한편 벤처캐피탈의 지분율과 벤처기업의 혁신성과 간에는 역U자형 관계를 보였다. 즉, 벤처캐피탈 지분율이 높을수록 벤처기업의 혁신역량은 증가하지만, 일정 지분율이상에서는 오히려 벤처기업의 혁신에 저해가 되는 결과를 보여주었다. 이를 통해 벤처캐피탈의 지원여부 및 유형보다는 피투자기업에 대한 지분율이 벤처기업의 혁신성과에 더 중요한 요인임을 확인하였다.

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