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

The Korean Society of Business Venturing (한국벤처창업학회)
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Study on the Factors Influencing the Investment Performance of Domestic Venture Capital Funds

국내 벤처펀드의 투자성과에 영향을 미치는 요인에 관한 연구

  • Received : 2023.09.11
  • Accepted : 2023.10.26
  • Published : 2023.10.31
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Abstract

This study conducted empirical analysis on the factors affecting the investment performance of 205 domestic venture funds (with a total liquidation amount of 7.25 trillion KRW) newly formed from 2007 to 2017 and completely liquidated as of the end of 2022. Due to the nature of private equity funds, obtaining empirical data is extremely challenging, especially for data post-COVID-19 era liquidations. Nevertheless, despite these challenges, it is meaningful to analyze the impact on the investment returns of domestic venture funds using the most recent data available from the past 10 years. This study categorized the factors influencing venture fund performance into external environmental factors and internal factors. External environmental factors included "economic cycles," "stock markets," "venture markets," and "exit markets," while internal factors included the fund management company's capabilities in terms of "experience," "professional personnel," and "assets under management (AUM)." The fund structure was also categorized into "fund size" and "fund length" for comparative analysis. In summary, the analysis yielded the following results: First, the 3-year government bond yield, which represents economic cycles well, was found to have a significant impact on fund performance. Second, the average 3-month KOSDAQ index return after fund formation had a statistically significant positive effect on fund performance. Third, the number of IPOs, indicating the competition intensity at the time of venture fund liquidation, was shown to have a negative effect on fund performance. Fourth, it was observed that the larger the AUM of the fund management company, the better the fund's returns. Finally, venture fund returns showed variations depending on the year of formation (Vintage). Therefore, when individuals consider investing in venture funds, it is considered a highly effective investment strategy to construct an investment portfolio taking into account not only external environmental factors and internal fund factors but also the vintage year.

본 연구는 2007년부터 2017년까지 신규로 결성이 되어 2022년말 기준 청산이 완료된 국내 벤처펀드 205개(청산 금액 7.25조)를 대상으로 투자성과에 영향을 미치는 요인에 대하여 실증분석을 하였다. 사모펀드의 특성상 실증데이터를 확보하기가 매우 어려우며, 특히 코로나 이후 청산이 완료된 데이터를 구하기는 더더욱 어려운 실정이다. 그럼에도 불구하고, 최근 10년 이내 가장 최신의 데이터를 활용하여 국내 벤처펀드의 투자수익률에 미치는 영향을 분석했다는 것은 상당한 의미가 있다고 하겠다. 본 연구는 벤처펀드의 투자 성과에 미치는 요인을 외부 환경 요인과, 내재적 요인으로 구분하여 연구를 진행 하였다. 벤처펀드의 성과에 미치는 외부 환경요인으로는 '경기사이클', '주식시장', '벤처시장', '회수시장'으로 구성하여 분석하였고, 내재적 요인으로 운용사 역량을 '운용사 업력', '운용사 전문인력', '운용 규모(AUM)'로, 펀드 구조로는 '펀드 크기(Size)', '펀드 기간(Length)'로 구분하여 비교 분석하였다. 분석 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 첫째, 경기사이클을 잘 나타내는 국고 3년 금리는 펀드성과에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 확인이 되었다. 둘째, 펀드 결성후(後) 코스닥 3개월 평균 지수 상승률은 펀드 성과에 통계적으로 유의한 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 벤처펀드 청산 시점의 경쟁 강도를 나타내는 IPO_개수는 펀드 성과에 부정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 넷째, 운용사의 AUM 규모가 클 수록 펀드 수익률이 양호한 것으로 나타났다. 끝으로, 벤처펀드의 수익률이 결성연도에 따라 차이를 보이고 있는 것으로 나타나서 일반인들이 벤처펀드 투자를 고려 할때는 '외부 환경요인'과 '펀드 내재적 요인'과 더불어 결성연도(Vintage)를 고려한 투자 포트폴리오를 구성하는 것이 매우 유효한 투자 전략이 될 것이라 판단된다.

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