A Study on the Activation Scheme for the Korean Venture Capitals

한국 벤처캐피탈의 현황과 활성화 방안;중소기업창업투자회사를 중심으로

Since the late 1990s, the Korean Venture Capital Industry has been remarkably grown in the aspect of quality and quantity. Korean government expects that the Venture company and Venture Capital Industry would contribute to the recovery of depressed Korean economy and restructuring of the high cost and low efficiency economic structure. Korean government reinforces supporting policies for the Venture Capital and Venture Business. Venture Capital is defined as the form of high risk and high profit investment capital growing the small & medium enterprises to competitive ones through capital and management support and collecting the capital. According to the Gompers and Lerners the venture capital cycle consists of raising investment capital, screening the investment opportunity and invest the money. And later, sold the retained stock to the other investor or to the company. This stage called EXIT Consequently, the function of the venture capital, which supply the fund and the business consultation to venture business, have been emphasized and how to effectively run this capital have been recognized as the way to develop the venture business. In this regard, the problem in Korean Venture Capital Market is as follows. First, most of the sources of fund depends on the government support and this conflict with the nature of risk capital because the government capital emphasis the stability than profitability. And secondly, the efficiency of the venture capital system in Korea do not reach that of the advanced countries due to many kinds of restriction and the rack of support. Consequently, the Activation Schemes for Korean Venture Capital Firms are as follows. First, the sources of venture capital need to diversify from angels to institutional investors such as banks, pensions, fund of fund. And Lastly, the internal management and operational system of venture capital companies should be strengthened by quality to that of global Venture Capital Firms.

본 연구는 우리나라 벤처캐피탈 산업의 현황을 점검하고 활성화를 위한 방안을 제시하는데 그 목적이 있다. 벤처캐피탈 선진국인 미국의 사례를 도입해 실천하는 것도 우리나라의 시장상황을 우선 점검한 후 적용가능성을 철저하게 따져본 이후 결정해야 할 것이다. 다만 너무 다양한 문제를 구체적으로 다루다보면 복잡성해지며, 지나치게 거시적인 시각으로 보면 원론 수준에서 벗어나지 못할 가능성이 크다. 제시한 대안들은 사실상 새로운 내용이 아니며, 실무적으로도 필요성이 꾸준히 제기되어 온 문제들이다. 이제 실천의 문제를 생각해야 할 시점이다.