Journal of Technology Innovation (기술혁신연구)

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Corporate Venture Capital and Technological Innovation: Effects of Investment Portfolio Composition

사내벤처캐피탈의 투자포트폴리오 운영성향과 기술혁신 효과

  • 안현섭 (고려대학교 기술경영대학원) ;
  • 윤지환 (고려대학교 기술경영대학원)
  • Published : 2018.11.30
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Abstract

The purpose of this research is to examine whether investment portfolio composition affects the technological performance of corporate venture capital (CVC). The stages of investment are categorized from "start-up/seed", "early", and "expansion", to "later" stage. We posit and test that the investment stage composition in a portfolio is highly correlated with the growth potential and downside risk of the portfolio, which in turn influences an investor's innovation performance. To test this hypothesis, we used negative binomial panel regression with 21 years of deal data from 70 cases of CVC. The results show that there is an inverted U shaped relationship between investment portfolio composition and technological performance. This means that the more seed or early stage investment within the investment portfolio, the higher the innovation performance; however, if the amount of seed or early stage investment is over a certain level, the performance decreases. Further, this study finds that the external partners of a venture negatively moderate the inverted U shaped relationship between portfolio composition and innovation performance. We believe that corporate planners, venture capitalists, and policy makers will be helped by these results showing that companies can maximize their investment performance by considering the investment stage and progress of investments.

최근 글로벌 기업들은 신기술 확보를 위해 사내벤처캐피탈(Corporate Venture Capital, CVC)을 설립하여 기술벤처에 투자하고 있다. 본 연구의 목적은 CVC의 투자 포트폴리오 운영방식 차이가 모기업의 기술혁신 효과에 영향을 주는지 통계적으로 실증 분석하기 위함에 있다. 구체적으로 CVC의 '시드(Seed)', '초기(Early)', '확장(Expansion)', '후기(Late)' 4가지 투자 단계별로 투자된 금액비중에 따라 매년 투자 포트폴리오 성장잠재성과 리스크 수준이 달라진다는 것을 발견하였고, 포트폴리오의 공격적인 투자성향과 외부 파트너십이 모기업 기술 혁신효과에 미치는 영향에 대해 분석하였다. 연구를 위해 글로벌 70개 CVC들이 21년간 투자한 실적 데이터를 음이항 패널 회귀분석(negative binomial panel regression)을 통해 검증하였다. 연구의 결과, 벤처 포트폴리오 내 시드/초기 단계 기업들에 투자한 금액이 클수록 기술혁신 효과는 증가하지만, 일정 수준 이상부터는 오히려 효과가 감소하는 Inverted U형 관계를 확인하였다. 또한, 각 투자단계별 벤처기업들에 공동 투자한 외부 파트너 수가 포트폴리오 운영성향과 기술혁신 효과 사이의 Inverted U형 관계를 약화시키는 조절효과를 통계적으로 실증하였다. 본 논문은 기업이 투자포트폴리오를 구성할 때 투자 단계와 경과시점을 고려할 경우 투자성과를 극대화할 수 있다는 점에서 기획 담당자, 벤처 투자자, 정책 관리자 등에 시사점을 제공할 수 있다.

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