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

The Korean Society of Business Venturing (한국벤처창업학회)
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Stock Price Return and Variance of Unlisted Start-ups

비상장 스타트업의 주가수익률과 분산

  • 강원 (세종대학교 경영학과) ;
  • 신정순 (이화여자대학교 경영학과)
  • Received : 2022.01.12
  • Accepted : 2022.02.23
  • Published : 2022.02.28
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Abstract

This study measures the realized rate of return of venture capital(VC) fund at the level of investment agreement(as opposed to fund level returns reported by most of the relevant studies). It also measures the stock price return of the VC's portfolio firms (unlisted start-ups) at firm level(as opposed to fund returns) and its variance for the first time using unique data of the VC funds held by the Korean Venture Capital Association. Results of the analysis confirm that VC fund returns exceed individual stock price returns. Additionally, it is confirmed that VC portfolio firms exhibit a positive relationship between risk and return measured by total risk. Finally, we find that stock price returns at firm level are lower than that implied by the associated levels of risk. Consequently, this may make individual investors hesitate to directly buy unlisted startups' stocks even when investment in individual startup companies guarantees high risk-high returns relationship.

본 연구에서는 벤처캐피탈협회가 보유하고 있는 VC 펀드 관련 자료를 가지고 VC의 실현된 수익률을 투자약정 수준에서 측정하였다. 또한, 동 자료가 제공하는 자세한 정보를 가지고 국내 최초로 비상장 피투자사의 주가수익률과 분산을 측정할 수 있었다. 분석결과, VC 펀드가 피투자사의 주가수익률보다 높은 실적을 보였다. 또한 VC 펀드가 투자한 스타트업의 경우 분산으로 측정된 총위험과 주가수익률 간에 양의 관계가 존재함을 확인하였다. 마지막으로 이들 기업의 총위험에 기초해 시장이 기대하는 수익률에 비해 측정된 주가수익률은 낮은 수준에 머무르고 있음도 발견하였다. 이는 비록 비상장사 스타트업이 고위험-고수익의 관계를 보장하더라도 개인투자자들이 비상장사에 직접 투자하기를 꺼리게 만드는 한 요인으로 작용할 수 있을 것이다.

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Acknowledgement

This research was supported by Korean Finance Association under Joint Research Grant of Korean Finance Association and Korean Venture Capital Association, 2019.

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