창업초기 투자단계 ‘Series A Crunch’의 원인분석과 마이크로 VC 펀드의 도입에 대한 정책방안 = The Policy Alternative of Launching Micro VC Fund in Korea Against an Overwhelmed ‘Series A Crunch’ Issues as to the Early Venture Investment at Startup Stage

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

“Series A Crunch”problem has become worse off as funding gap between angel seed investment and traditional VC Series A investment is getting the larger due to big boom over early startup investment both in Korea and US. The strong needs for new concept of fund alternative such as bridge fund is outstanding to fill up the funding gap in the early stage of venture investment. This research is brought to define the concept of ‘Series A Crunch’ problem and to diagnose its causes, eventually, popping up ‘the concept of Micro VC Fund’ to come up with this problem in Korea. Also, this paper suggests the policy alternatives to introduce Mivro VC Fund and accommodate its successful performance.

국문 초록 (Abstract)

한국이나 미국 모든 지역에서 창업초기 투자가 활성화되고 이에 힘입은 엔젤투자가 급증하면서 엔젤투자의 투자와 전통적 VC 투자의 사이에 간극이 커지며 Series A Crunch 현상이 심화되고 있다. 따라서 엔젤투자의 투자와 전통적 VC 투자 사이에 존재하는 창업초기 투자 펀드 캐즘구간(Series A Crunch)을 보완하며 양자 사이의 가교펀드(Bridge Fund) 역할을 하는 펀드에 대한 필요성이 증가하고 있다. 이에 본 연구는 국내외 Series A Crunch 개념과 현상에 대한 초래원인을 분석하고 이를 극복하는 Micro VC펀드의 도입방안에 대한 정책방안을 제시하였다.

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