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

The Korean Society of Business Venturing (한국벤처창업학회)
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A Study on the Status of Startups and Their Nurturing Plans: Focusing on Startups in Seongnam City

스타트업 실태 및 육성방안에 관한 연구: 성남시 스타트업을 중심으로

  • 한규동 (동국대학교 기술창업학과) ;
  • 전병훈 (동국대학교 기술창업학과)
  • Received : 2022.06.30
  • Accepted : 2022.10.07
  • Published : 2022.10.31
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Abstract

This study was conducted to derive policy measures such as fostering and supporting by examining the actual conditions of domestic startups. The subject of this study was the start-ups located in Seongnam-si, where Pangyo Techno Valley, which is the highest-level innovation cluster in Korea and is evaluated as a start-up mecca. Startups were defined as startups under 7 years old based on new technologies such as IT, BT, and CT, and the subjects of the study were selected. This can be seen as a step forward from previous research in that it embodies the concept of a startup that was previously abstract in a quantitatively measurable way. As a result of the analysis, about 94% of startups are distributed in the so-called "Death Valley" growth stage, and startups above scale-up, which means full-scale growth beyond BEP, account for about 6%. appeared to be occupied. He cited the problem of start-up funds as the biggest difficulty in the early stages of startups, and cited the loan evaluation method that prioritizes sales or collateral in raising funds as the biggest problem. In addition, start-ups rated the access to private investment capital such as VC, AC, and angel investors at a low level compared to policy funds, which are public funds. Most startups showed a lot of interest in overseas expansion, and they chose matching overseas investors such as overseas VCs as the biggest support for overseas expansion. The overall competitiveness in the overseas market was 49.6 points, which is less than 50 points out of 100, indicating that the overall competitiveness was somewhat inferior. It was analyzed that public support and investment in overseas sales channels (sales channels, distribution networks, etc.) should be prioritized along with enhancement of technological competitiveness in order for domestic startups to increase their competitiveness in overseas markets as well as in the domestic market.

본 연구는 국내 스타트업의 실태를 조사하여 육성 및 지원 등의 정책방안을 도출하기 위해 실시하였다. 연구대상은 국내 최고수준의 혁신 클러스터이고 스타트업 메카로 평가받는 판교테크노밸리가 입지한 성남시 소재 스타트업을 대상으로 연구하였다. 스타트업의 기준으로는 IT, BT, CT 등 신기술 기반의 7년 미만 신생기업으로 정의하고 조사대상을 선정하였다. 이는 기존에 추상적이던 스타트업의 개념을 양적으로 측정가능하게 구체화 하였다는 점에서 기존 연구에서 진일보하였다고 볼 수 있다. 분석결과, 스타트업의 약 94%가 일명 "죽음의 계곡(Death Valley)"이라는 성장단계에 분포하고 있으며, BEP를 넘어 본격적인 성장을 의미하는 스케일업(Scale-up) 이상의 스타트업은 약 6%를 차지하고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 창업초기의 가장 큰 애로사항으로는 창업자금 문제를 꼽고 있으며, 자금을 조달하는데 매출이나 담보 등을 우선시하는 대출평가 방식을 가장 큰 문제로 꼽았다. 또한 스타트업들은 공공기금인 정책자금에 비해 VC, AC, 엔젤투자자 등의 민간투자 자본에 대한 접근성을 낮은 수준으로 평가하였다. 대다수 스타트업들이 해외진출에 관심이 많은 것으로 나타났고, 해외 VC 등의 해외 투자자 매칭을 해외진출을 위한 가장 큰 지원방안으로 꼽았다. 해외시장에서의 종합경쟁력은 100점 만점에 50점 미만인 49.6점으로 나타나 전체적으로 다소 경쟁열위에 있다고 평가했으며, 특히 브랜드 인지도, 마케팅 경쟁력, 판매채널 등에서 경쟁력이 많이 떨어지는 것으로 분석되었다. 국내 스타트업들이 국내시장을 넘어 해외시장에서도 경쟁력을 높이기 위해서는 기술경쟁력 제고와 함께 해외 판매채널(영업채널, 유통망 등)에 대한 공공의 지원과 투자가 우선되어야 하는 것으로 분석되었다.

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Acknowledgement

본 연구는 성남시의 연구비 지원을 받아 작성되었음

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