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

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A Study on Investors' Investment Decision Factors in Platform Startup

플랫폼 스타트업에 대한 투자결정요인에 관한 연구

  • Tae Hwan Heo (Department of Entrepreneurial Management, Graduate School of Entrepreneurial Management, Hanbat National University) ;
  • Kyung Se Min (Department of Economics, Hanbat National University)
  • 허태환 (국립한밭대 창업경영대학원 창업학과) ;
  • 민경세 (국립한밭대학교 경제학과)
  • Received : 2024.01.14
  • Accepted : 2024.04.04
  • Published : 2024.04.30
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Abstract

The value of platform companies is rapidly increasing, exerting significant influence across industries. Identifying and fostering promising platform companies is crucial for enhancing national competitiveness. Consequently, tailored evaluation standards are necessary for such companies. This study derived investment decision factors specific to platform companies and compared the importance of each factor using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) analysis. Key factors included platform characteristics, finance, entrepreneur (team), market, and product/service attributes. The findings revealed that platform characteristics were deemed the most crucial factor for investors. Specifically, factors such as platform size, ease of value fixation, core participant group, and data value were identified as pertinent for evaluating platform companies. Moreover, analysis distinguished between investors with prior platform investment experience and those without. Significantly, investors with platform investment experience placed greater emphasis on the value of data secured by platform Furthermore, it was observed that investors prioritized future value and growth potential over current value when investing in platform. Notably, founder/team characteristics, typically highly regarded in previous studies, ranked lower in importance in this study, highlighting a shift in focus. The discrepancy between this study's results and prior research on investment decision factors is attributed to the specificity of the questions posed. By focusing on investment decision factors for platform startups rather than generic startup inquiries, investor responses aligned more closely with platform-focused considerations. Given the burgeoning venture investment landscape, there's a growing need for detailed research on startups within specific sectors like IT, travel, and biotech. This approach can replace extensive research covering all startup types to identify investment decision factors suited to the characteristics of each individual industry.

본 연구는 플랫폼 비즈니스 기반의 스타트업에 대한 투자자의 투자결정요인을 분석하여 투자를 준비하는 플랫폼 스타트업에게 투자자의 관점을 이해하고 사업을 검토하는 데 참고할 수 있는 시사점을 제시하여 플랫폼 스타트업의 투자유치 성공률을 제고 및 플랫폼 생태계 활성화를 목적으로 한다. 투자자의 투자결정요인과 플랫폼 가치평가에 관한 선행연구를 바탕으로 플랫폼 스타트업에 적합한 투자결정요인을 도출한 뒤 AHP 분석기법을 활용하여 각 요인의 중요도를 비교한 결과 가장 높은 중요도를 나타내는 주요 요인은 플랫폼 특성으로 확인되었다. 이는 본 연구에서 선정한 플랫폼 특성인 플랫폼 규모, 핵심 참여집단 확보 여부, 가치 고착 용이성, 확보한 데이터 가치가 플랫폼 스타트업에 대한 투자결정요인으로 적절하다는 것을 시사한다. 플랫폼 스타트업에 대한 투자경험 유무로 투자자 그룹을 나누어 비교한 결과 가장 큰 중요도 차이를 보인 요인은 확보한 데이터 가치였다. 이는 데이터의 가치에 대한 이해도가 투자의사 결정에 있어 주요한 영향을 주고 있음을 시사하며 플랫폼 스타트업은 확보한 데이터의 가치를 증대시킬 수 있는 방안을 마련하고 데이터를 활용하여 자사의 비즈니스에 새로운 가치를 부여할 수 있는지 검토해 보아야 할 필요성이 있다. 기존의 선행연구와 본 연구의 결과를 비교해보면 대부분의 선행연구에서 가장 중요하다고 응답하던 창업자 특성의 중요도가 하위권으로 내려갔으며 플랫폼 스타트업에 적합한 특성들이 높은 중요도를 보였는데 이러한 차이가 나타난 이유는 전체 스타트업에 대한 투자결정요인의 중요도를 분석하던 기존의 선행연구와 달리 본 연구에서는 플랫폼 스타트업이라는 특정한 분야에 투자할 경우로 보다 세분화된 질문을 던졌기 때문이다. 덕분에 기존의 연구와 다른 투자자들의 응답을 이끌어낼 수 있었다. 이처럼 기존 선행연구와의 비교를 통해 플랫폼 스타트업에 대한 투자결정요인은 비플랫폼과는 분명한 차이가 있음을 알 수 있었으며 이는 현재 사용되고 있는 투자결정요인이나 가치평가에 관한 기준이 플랫폼 스타트업을 평가하는데 적합하지 않다는 것을 의미한다. 플랫폼이 비즈니스 생태계에 큰 변화를 일으키며 빠르게 성장하고 있는 가운데 좋은 플랫폼 스타트업을 발견하여 육성하는 것은 국가경쟁력 강화에 있어 반드시 필요한 과업이 될 것이다. 따라서 플랫폼 스타트업에 적합한 투자결정요인을 바탕으로 올바른 가치평가를 실시하여 옥석을 가려내는 것이 중요할 것이다.

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