• Venture DIGEST
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• s.77
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• pp.14-15
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• 2005

정부가 발표한 벤처활성화보완대책에는 벤처캐피털의 투자에 관한 규제를 완화하겠다는 내용이 담겨 있다. 이를 계기로 모태펀드, 경영지배목적의 투자, 유한회사형 투자조합 등 벤처캐피털 활성화를 뒷받침할 구체적인 방안들이 제시된 것은 물론, 벤처업계의 관심을 끌고 있다. 그렇다면 모태펀드의 운용은 어떤 방식으로 진행되며, 유한회사형 투자조합은 무얼 뜻하는 것일까. 또 이런 방안들을 통해 어떤 효과를 기대할 수 있는 것인가. 최근 주목받고 있는 키워드를 통해 풀어보는 벤처캐피털에 관한 궁금증들을 해소해 보자.

• Venture DIGEST
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• s.77
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• pp.12-13
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• 2005

벤처산업 활성화를 위한 목소리가 높아지면서 그 어느 때보다 벤처캐피털에 대한 관심이 집중되고 있다. 벤처기업의 자금난 해소를 위해 투자기능을 발휘해 온 벤처캐피털은 정부의 보완대책을 기점으로 더욱 선진화된 모습으로의 변화를 꾀하고 있다. 벤처캐피털의 필요성과 역할, 향후 전망을 통해 벤처캐피털을 재발견해 보자.

• KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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• v.30 no.1
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• pp.211-246
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• 2008

This paper evaluates the role of Korean government in the venture capital industry, in particular in the stages of fund-raising and venture investment. Utilizing data from Korean Venture Capital Association (KVCA), the analysis is conducted for the venture boom and post-boom periods separately. Empirical results show that the government played a significant role in the fund-raising stage in both venture boom and post-boom periods. When it comes to the investment stage, however, the empirical results indicate that the government did not accomplish expected roles. In particular, the government failed to induce investments in the outside funds of which the government had a larger stake toward early-staged firms and guide common stock investments during the venture boom period. The empirical outcomes also show that the government has not properly increased venture investments on high-tech industries during the post-boom period. This paper argues tentative reasons why the policy failures were observed in relation to the policy implications and provide several pieces of supporting evidence.

• 한국벤처창업학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2021.04a
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• pp.181-184
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• 2021

본 연구는 국내에 벤처 창업 자금이 많이 제공되나 실제로 스타트업이 투자 유치에 어려움을 겪고 있는 초기투자의 딜레마 문제를 연구하였다. 기술기반 스타트업은 새로운 제품과 서비스를 제공하는 신규 시장을 형성하면서 일자리와 고부가가치를 창출한다는 점에서 국민경제에서 역할이 매우 중요하다. 하지만 주요 선진국에 비해 국내에서는 초기 스타트업이 기술이전 후 창업으로 연계되지 못하는 경우가 많은 실정이다. 특히 최근에 국내 벤처창업 생태계에 정부 자금의 공급이 넘쳐나고 있음에도 불구하고 초기 단계 기업들은 자금 투자의 필요성을 역설하고 다수가 자기자본으로 시작하고 있는 것이 현실이다. 이에 본 연구에서는 국내 창업벤처 및 육성 지원책을 고찰하고, 국내 벤처캐피털 투자현황을 분석하여, 초기 단계 벤처기업에 대한 투자 활성화를 위해 투자 방식의 개선, 투자 주체의 확대, 그리고 투자 유형의 다변화를 제시하고자 하였다. 또한 벤처생태계의 초기투자 활성화를 위한 정책 수립에 필요한 조사와 방안을 제시하였다.

• Journal of Technology Innovation
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.79-105
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• 2017

As the size of venture firm's operating funds continues to increase, the scope of work of the investment jurisdiction is increasing dramatically as well. However, investment decisions vary widely, depending on the competence of the judges. This follow-up study recommends verifying the validity of the effectiveness of venture investments by validating the efficacy of assessing venture investment indexes. After verifying the assessment indexes for 100 venture firms, the study noted that the efficacy of the survey as a qualitative evaluation measure was approximately 85% hit, which can act as a yardstick for investment decisions. The results of this study can contribute toward the decision making power of venture companies in terms of investments.

• Venture DIGEST
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• s.94
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• pp.4-7
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• 2006

벤처기업의 수가 다시 1만개를 넘어섰다는 소식이 반갑다. 그런데 숫자의 증가보다 절실한 벤처캐피털의 질적 성장과 과학기술을 산업화하는 통로의 도약은 여전히 미약하다. 이들 핵심요인의 변화가 있어야만 진정으로 고성장 벤처기업의 탄생 가능성이 높아질 것으로 믿는다. 특히 벤처의 젖줄인 벤처캐피털의 변화 속도는 더디기만 하다. 이는 실제로 우리나라 금융제도라는 큰 틀의 관행과 역사에 뿌리를 두고 있어서 하루아침에 변하거나 수정되기도 어려운 조건이다. 이런 상황에서는 벤처캐피털이 해주는 역할을 누군가 대신해주는 주체가 필요한데, 여러 노력들이 있었지만 속 시원할 정도의 수준은 아니었다. 정부의 공공자금이 그 역할을 완전히 대체하기 어렵고, 아직은 대기업들이 벤처기업에 대해 적극적인 투자선호를 보이는 것도 아니다. 이런 조건에서 벤처의 확대재생산은 여전히 벤처업계의 자생적 노력에 의존할 수밖에 없다. 그 노력을 수평적 측면과 수직적 측면에서 생각해보자.

• Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.169-183
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• 2019

Should a startup file for a patent subject to imitation in its quest to attract venture capital(VC) investors? Considering the US pharmaceutical biotechnology industry context, this paper attempts to answer this question by investigating the relations between the number of applied patents of startups, patent imitability, and the total amount of money the startups received as their first VC funding round. Data of 157 US-based pharmaceutical biotechnology startups founded in between 1995 and 2005 are analyzed. Empirical results from this study show that the number of applied patents is positively related to the total amount of money received at the time of the first funding round, and patent imitability is negatively related to the total amount of money received as first VC funding round. Nonetheless, the interaction term between the number of applied patents of startups and patent imitability came out as positive, raising interesting questions and implications for innovation-oriented startup entrepreneurs. The current study's empirical findings suggest that, in the pharmaceutical biotechnology sector, VC investors pay attention to the quantity and quality of the patents possessed by startups when they decide the level of funding. In particular, imitability of applied patents may not be a one-sided concept related to negative features such as the weak protectability of an invention. Rather, patent imitability may be a multi-facet element which also contains positive attractiveness of the startup's invention. Furthermore, it seems that the positive side of imitability can be augmented by the number of applied patents.

• Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.39-50
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• 2022

Based on the signaling theory, this study examined whether startups are more likely to attract venture investment when receiving government R&D subsidies. First, we reviewed previous studies of the investment decision-making process of venture capitalists and understood the conditions that influence investment decisions. Based on previous studies on the signal effect of government subsidies, particularly government R&D grants, on inducing private fund investment, this study revealed a mechanism to induce venture investment by startups. In addition, in order to verify whether government R&D subsidies have the effect of inducing venture investment, an empirical analysis was conducted based on data from startups under seven years and certified as a venture companies in 2021. This paper used PSM(Propensity Score Matching) method and DID(Difference In Difference) analysis for an empirical study to analyze the average treatment effect on the treated group(beneficiary startups of government R&D grants). As a result of empirical analysis, companies that receive more government R&D subsidies after starting a business are more likely to attract venture investment. From two to three years after conducting the first government R&D project, startups that received government R&D grants attracted more venture investment than those that did not. The results of this paper demonstrate that government R&D projects can also affect the venture investment ecosystem, giving policy implications to government R&D projects targeting startups. It is also expected to suggest strategic implications to startups that need new funding.

• Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.97-110
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• 2020

This paper is on the policy proposal for venture ecosystem. First, one of the three secrets of the US venture ecosystem is the law of 50:50. Angel capital investment is as important as venture capital investment. Although professional angel investors and accelerators account for as much as VC in the venture ecosystem, they are ignored from policy considerations. We argue that the revision of related law is urgent. Second, large US firms invest more in M&As than in internal R&D. Therefore, accelerators and professional angel investors could make effective investment recovery after investing in a startup company. In other words, angel capital does not come in without secondary market development. Angel capital and secondary markets are the two pillars of the venture ecosystem. The government alone is difficult to develop a secondary market. This is why the private sector should come in and introduce corporate venture capital (CVC). Third, we believe the policy direction for national economic growth should be extended from the startup to scale-up. This is because the startup's sales and job creation will start in five years. While the previous study focused on funding (venture financing), this paper aims to balance all three stages of a venture: startup, growth, and recovery, which are the life cycle of a venture company or venture investment. In particular, we propose specific policies in each chapter to improve practical application.

• Journal of Korea Society of Industrial Information Systems
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• v.21 no.6
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• pp.125-135
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• 2016

It is well known that the encouraging startups play a major role for innovation in an economy. Thus, venture capital are indispensable for the growth of startups. The literature on investment performance of venture capital reveals that the investment strategies depend largely on the characteristics and capabilities of venture capital. Therefore, investment capability of venture capital is important. There are various investing roles that can be identified by venture capital when determining what kind of startup to invest in, whom to invest with, how to invest, how to post-investment management after investment, and so on. This research was conducted to understand the effect of investment capabilities of venture capital on investment performance. To do so, we surveyed 70 venture businesses in the Seoul and Gyeonggido region for an empirical analysis. The empirical results of this paper are summarized as follows. First, the financial performance of venture firms is influenced by the financial capacity of venture capitalists, and investment evaluation of venture capital. Second, the business performance of venture firms is influenced by the marketing support consulting of venture capital, and investment evaluation of venture capital.