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

The Korean Society of Business Venturing (한국벤처창업학회)
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A Study on the Investment Effect of Public Accelerator

공공 액셀러레이터 투자 효과에 관한 연구

  • Hong, JungOh (Depart, Entrepreneurship & Small Business of Soongsil University) ;
  • Kim, Moon-Kyum (Depart, Entrepreneurship & Small Business of Soongsil University)
  • 홍정오 (숭실대학교 벤처중소기업학과) ;
  • 김문겸 (숭실대학교 벤처중소기업학과)
  • Received : 2022.02.14
  • Accepted : 2022.06.20
  • Published : 2022.06.30
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Abstract

Currently, the role of public accelerators in the domestic accelerator market is gradually expanding. Accordingly, in order to establish relevant policies properly, it is necessary to check the effect and validity of public accelerators' investment. However, there is no quantitative research conducted on domestic accelerators, using their financial data, as domestic accelerators have a short history and quantitative data on them are not disclosed. Therefore, this study conducted an empirical analysis with financial data of the startups that received equity investments from public accelerators to confirm the effect of public accelerators'investment in startups. A regression analysis was conducted with financial data from 112 startups that acquired investments from public accelerators in the period of 2016~2020. And the findings are as follows: First, it was found that the initial investment of public accelerators had an effect on the growth and profitability of startups. Specifically, it was confirmed that the initial investment of public accelerators had a positive (+) effect on sales growth rates and total asset growth rates, which are growth indicators. Second, it was found that the joint investment of public accelerators had a significant positive (+) effect on profit margin, an indicator of profitability, rather than on growth. Therefore, it is deemed that it will be a great force for growth if investment in the early-stage startups that showed significant investment results in this study is continuously expanded in combination with support projects, which are a strength of public accelerators. Since this study has confirmed the investment effect of public accelerators, it is deemed necessary to actively promote policies that direct public accelerators' projects toward improving the performance of startups through joint investment with the private sector and supplementing private accelerators' deficiencies.

현재 국내 액셀러레이터 시장에서 공공 액셀러레이터의 역할이 점차 확대되고 있다. 이에 따라 향후 정책의 수립을 위해 공공 액셀러레이터의 투자효과를 점검하고 그 타당성을 검증할 필요가 있다. 그러나 국내 액셀러레이터는 그 역사가 짧고 정량적인 자료가 공개되지 않고 있어 액셀러레이터에 관한 재무데이터를 활용한 정량적 연구가 부재한 것이 현실이다. 이에 본 연구는 공공 액셀러레이터의 투자가 스타트업에 미치는 효과를 확인하기 위해 실제 공공 액셀러레이터의 지분투자를 받은 스타트업의 재무데이터를 가지고 실증분석을 진행하였다. 2016년부터 2020년까지 5년간 공공 액셀러레이터가 투자한 112개 스타트업의 재무데이터를 사용하여 회귀분석을 진행하였다. 실증분석 결과 첫째, 공공 액셀러레이터의 초기투자가 스타트업에 대한 성장성과 수익성에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 세부적으로 살펴보면 공공 액셀러레이터의 초기투자가 성장성 지표인 매출액 증가율과 총자산증가율에 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것을 확인하였다. 둘째, 공공 액셀러레이터의 공동투자가 성장성보다는 수익성 지표인 매출액이익률에 유의한 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구를 통해 유의미한 결과를 보인 초기 스타트업에 대한 투자를 지속적으로 확대하고 공공 액셀러레이터의 강점인 지원 사업을 결합한다면 스타트업의 성장에 더욱 큰 힘이 될 것으로 생각한다. 본 연구를 통하여 공공 액셀러레이터의 투자 성과를 확인하였으므로 향후 공공 액셀러레이터 사업은 민간 액셀러레이터들의 미흡한 부분을 보완함과 동시에 민간과의 공동투자를 통해 스타트업의 성과를 제고하는 방향의 정책 추진이 필요한 것으로 판단된다.

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