The role of government venture capital funds: recent lessons from the U.K. experience
Owen, Robyn 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4241-3367, North, David J. and Mac an Bhaird, Cairan
(2019)
The role of government venture capital funds: recent lessons from the U.K. experience.
Strategic Change, 28
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pp. 69-82.
ISSN 1086-1718
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(doi:10.1002/jsc.2247)
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Abstract
UK Government Venture Capital (GVC) - backed schemes have evolved to provide more effective, targeted, funding for high growth potential firms.
Public-private co-financing, is generating attributable, additional, positive employment and sales turnover impacts in beneficiary firms, but significant long horizon follow-on investment requirements need addressing.
Policy designers should be cognisant of the changing external financing ecosystem when designing co-investment schemes.
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| Additional Information: | Special Issue: Blockchain and Other Innovations in Entrepreneurial Finance: Implications for Future Policy |
| Keywords (uncontrolled): | Government venture capital funds (GVCFs); Global financial crisis (GFC); Co-investment funds; Venture capital; Business angel financing. |
| Research Areas: | A. > Business School > Centre for Enterprise and Economic Development Research (CEEDR) |
| Item ID: | 26028 |
| Notes on copyright: | This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Owen R, North D, Mac an Bhaird C. The role of government venture capital funds: Recent lessons from the U.K. experience. Strategic Change. 2019;28:69–82, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/jsc.2247. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. |
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| Depositing User: | Pamela Macaulay |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Jan 2019 09:34 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Jan 2021 08:45 |
| URI: | https://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/id/eprint/26028 |
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