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

The Korean Society of Business Venturing (한국벤처창업학회)
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Investment Priorities and Weight Differences of Impact Investors

임팩트 투자자의 투자 우선순위와 비중 차이에 관한 연구

  • Received : 2023.05.10
  • Accepted : 2023.06.28
  • Published : 2023.06.30
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Abstract

In recent years, the need for social ventures that aim to grow while solving social problems through the efficiency and effectiveness of commercial organizations in the market has increased, while there is a limit to how much the government and the public can do to solve social problems. Against this background, the number of social venture startups is increasing in the domestic startup ecosystem, and interest in impact investors, which are investors in social ventures, is also increasing. Therefore, this research utilized judgment analysis technology to objectively analyze the validity and weight of judgment information based on the cognitive process and decision-making environment in the investment decision-making of impact investors. We proceeded with the research by constructing three classifications; first, investment priorities at the initial investment stage for financial benefit and return on investment as an investor, second, the political skills of the entrepreneurs (teams) for the social impact and ripple power, and social venture coexistence and solidarity, third, the social mission of a social venture that meets the purpose of an impact investment fund. As a result of this research, first of all, the investment decision-making priorities of impact investors are the expertise of the entrepreneur (team), the potential rate of return when the entrepreneur (team) succeeds, and the social mission of the entrepreneur (team). Second, impact investors do not have a uniform understanding of the investment decision-making factors, and the factors that determine investment decisions are different, and there are differences in the degree of the weighting. Third, among the various investment decision-making factors of impact investment, "entrepreneur's (team's) networking ability", "entrepreneur's (team's) social insight", "entrepreneur's (team's) interpersonal influence" was relatively lower than the other four factors. The practical contribution through this research is to help social ventures understand the investment determinant factors of impact investors in the process of financing, and impact investors can be expected to improve the quality of investment decision-making by referring to the judgment cases and analysis of impact investors. The academic contribution is that it empirically investigated the investment priorities and weighting differences of impact investors.

최근 정부와 공공의 역할만으로 사회문제를 모두 해결하기에는 한계가 있어서, 시장에서 영리 조직의 효율성이나 효과성을 통해 사회문제를 해결하면서 성장하는 것을 목표로 하는 소셜벤처의 필요성이 증대되었다. 이러한 배경하에 국내 스타트업 생태계에서도 소셜벤처 창업이 증가하면서 소셜벤처 투자자인 임팩트 투자자에 대한 관심도 증가하고 있다. 따라서, 본 연구는 임팩트 투자자의 투자 결정에 있어서 인지과정과 의사결정 환경에 따른 판단 정보의 타당도와 가중치를 객관적으로 분석하고자 판단분석기법을 활용하였다. 연구 진행을 위한 세 가지 분류로 첫째, 투자자로서 재무적 이익과 회수 가능성 판단을 위한 초기투자단계에서의 투자 우선 순위, 둘째, 사회에 미치는 영향과 파급력, 그리고 소셜벤처의 상생과 연대를 위한 창업가(팀)의 정치적 기술, 셋째, 임팩트투자펀드 조성 목적에 부합하는 소셜벤처기업의 소셜미션으로 구성하였다. 연구 결과 첫째, 임팩트투자자의 투자결정의 우선 순위는 창업가(팀)의 전문성, 창업가(팀)의 성공시의 잠재적 수익률, 창업가(팀)의 소셜미션인 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 임팩트투자자가 투자결정요인에 대하여 판단하는 인식이 획일적이기보다는 투자 결정 요소가 제각각 다르며, 비중을 두는 정도에 있어서도 생각의 차이가 있다는 것이다. 셋째, 임팩트투자의 다양한 투자결정 요인에서 '창업자(팀)의 네트워킹 능력', '창업자(팀)의 사회적 통찰력', '창업자(팀)의 대인관계 영향력은 다른 4개의 요인보다 상대적으로 낮게 나타났다. 본 연구를 통해 실무적 기여점은 소셜벤처기업들이 투자 유치과정에서 임팩트투자자의 투자결정요인이 무엇인지 이해를 돕고, 소셜벤처 투자자에게는 임팩트투자자의 판단사례와 분석을 참고하여 투자결정의 질적 제고를 기대할 수 있다. 학술적 기여점은 임팩트 투자자의 투자 우선 순위와 비중 차이를 실증적으로 규명하였다는 것이다.

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