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

The Korean Society of Business Venturing (한국벤처창업학회)
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Venture Capital Investment and the Performance of Newly Listed Firms on KOSDAQ

벤처캐피탈 투자에 따른 코스닥 상장기업의 상장실적 및 경영성과 분석

  • Shin, Hyeran (Korea Venture Investment Corporation) ;
  • Han, Ingoo (College of Business, KAIST) ;
  • Joo, Jihwan (College of Business Administration, Kookmin University)
  • Received : 2022.02.15
  • Accepted : 2022.04.17
  • Published : 2022.04.30
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Abstract

This study analyzes newly listed companies on KOSDAQ from 2011 to 2020 for both firms having experience in attracting venture investment before listing (VI) and those without having experience in attracting venture investment (NVI) by examining differences between two groups (VI and NVI) with respect to both the level of listing performance and that of firm performance (growth) after the listing. This paper conducts descriptive statistics, mean difference, and multiple regression analysis. Independent variables for regression models include VC investment, firm age at the time of listing, firm type, firm location, firm size, the age of VC, the level of expertise of VC, and the level of fitness of VC with investment company. Throughout this paper, results suggest that listing performance and post-listed growth are better for VI than NVI. VC investment shows a negative effect on the listing period and a positive effect on the sales growth rate. Also, the amount of VC investment has negative effects on the listing period and positive effects on the market capitalization at the time of IPO and on sales growth among growth indicators. Our evidence also implies a significantly positive effect on growth after listing for firms which belong to R&D specialized industries. In addition, it is statistically significant for several years that the firm age has a positive effect on the market capitalization growth rate. This shows that market seems to put the utmost importance on a long-term stability of management capability. Finally, among the VC characteristics such as the age of VC, the level of expertise of VC, and the level of fitness of VC with investment company, we point out that a higher market capitalization tends to be observed at the time of IPO when the level of expertise of anchor VC is high. Our paper differs from prior research in that we reexamine the venture ecosystem under the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 which stimulates the degradation of the business environment. In addition, we introduce more effective variables such as VC investment amount when examining the effect of firm type. It enables us to indirectly evaluate the validity of technology exception policy. Although our findings suggest that related policies such as the technology special listing system or the injection of funds into the venture ecosystem are still helpful, those related systems should be updated in a more timely fashion in order to support growth power of firms due to the rapid technological development. Furthermore, industry specialization is essential to achieve regional development, and the growth of the recovery market is also urgent.

본 연구는 2011년부터 2020년까지 코스닥 신규상장 기업 467곳을 대상으로 하여 상장 전 벤처투자를 유치한 경험이 있는 기업(VI)과 유치 경험이 없는 기업(NVI)으로 구분한 후, 상장실적과 상장 후 성장성을 종속변수로 설정하여 차이가 존재하는지를 실증분석하였다. 기술통계량, 평균차이분석, 그리고 다중회귀분석을 수행하였고, 독립변수로는 VC투자, 상장 시 기업의 업력, 기업의 업종, 기업 소재지역, 창투사의 규모 및 업력, 창투사의 전문성, 투자기업과의 적합도를 나타내는 지표를 활용하였다. 분석 결과 VC 투자를 받은 기업의 상장실적과 상장 후 성장성이 더 우수함을 통계적 유의성에 근거하여 제한적으로 관찰하였다. VC 투자의 경우 주로 상장 소요기간에 대해 부(-)의 영향을, 매출액 증가율에 대해 정(+)의 영향을 주었다. VC 투자금액의 경우에는 상장소요기간에 부(-)의 효과를, IPO시 시가총액에 정(+)의 효과를 미치며, 성장성 지표 중에서는 기업의 실질적 경영지표 중 하나인 매출액 증가율에 대하여 정(+)의 영향을 나타내었다. 한편, 본 연구는 분석대상 기업의 업종이 연구개발 특수업종에 해당하는 경우, 상장 이후 성장성에 제한적이지만 유의한 정(+)의 효과를 확인하였다. 또한 기업 업력이 시가총액 증가율에 유의한 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 것을 일부 연도에서 확인하였는데, 이는 장기적이고 안정적인 경영능력을 보이는 경우 단기에 급속한 성장을 나타낼 때보다 시장에서 더 높은 시가총액을 달성할 수 있게 됨을 의미한다. 추가로 앵커창투사의 특성변수들에 대해서도 투자기업의 상장실적 및 상장 후 성장성에 유의미한 영향을 미치는지 살펴보았는데, 앵커창투사의 전문성 수준이 높으면 IPO 시점에서 더욱 높은 시가총액을 인정받는 것으로 나타났으나 그 외 다른 특성변수들에서는 통계적 유의성이 매우 국소적으로만 나타났다. 기존 선행연구와의 차별점은 지금까지도 코로나19에 의한 팬데믹 사태가 기업환경에 중대한 영향을 미치는 상황 속에서 우리나라 벤처캐피탈 생태계를 면밀하게 재검토하고자 하였고, 보다 효과적인 변수들을 도입하여 기업의 업종 영향을 살펴보는 등 특례상장과 같은 관련된 정책의 타당성 평가를 간접적으로나마 시도하였다는 점이다. 즉, 단순히 투자여부를 살펴보는 것에 더하여 VC 투자금액 또한 변수로 활용함으로써, 해당 금액의 수준에 따른 영향 또한 실증분석하였다. 본 논문은 이러한 탐색적 분석결과에 기반하여 기술특례상장제도 또는 벤처생태계로의 자금투입과 같은 정책들이 효과가 있음을 검증하였다. 그러나 최근 기술 발전 속도가 급격하게 증가하는 추세를 고려할 때 성장 동력을 충분히 가진 기업이 규제 또는 여론의 관성 등에 의해 성장성을 잃지 않도록 관련 제도를 신속하게 정비해야 하고, 지역 발전에 있어 업종을 특화할 수 있도록 도와주어야 하며, 회수시장 역시 보다 성장할 필요가 있다. 본 연구의 한계는 데이터가 충분히 확보되지 않아 가설 검정을 10% 유의수준 하에서 수행하고 결과를 해석하였으며, 회귀모형 분석 시 상대적으로 낮은 수준의 수정된 결정계수 값이 보고되었다는 점이다. 각 변수의 효과성을 통계적으로 확인하려는 본 논문의 시도에 기반하여, 추가적인 후속 연구에서는 모형 등을 보완해 나가길 기대한다.

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