Modelling Investment Choice Preference of Government Venture Capital Guiding Funds

Abstract

The continuous development of the government venture capital guiding funds (hereinafter referred to as the “government guiding funds”) has provided financial support and development opportunities for the development of many small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and government guiding funds have been paid attention by more and more entrepreneurs and investors of SMEs. This paper takes the SMEs listed on the National Equities Exchange and Quotations (“NEEQ,” known as the New Third Board) as a research sample, systematically examines the factors that influence the selection of investment objects of government guiding funds, and studies the preference of government guiding funds from the aspects of financial characteristics and corporate governance of SMEs. The research results show that on one hand, ownership concentration, date of establishment, and asset size are significantly related to government guiding funds, while the return on equity (ROE), the asset-liability ratio, liquidity of assets, growth rate of main business income, and the operating net profit ratio failed to pass the significance test; on the other hand, operating profit ratio, investment interests, asset size, and the amount of investment of government guiding funds are significantly related, while investment rounds, date of establishment, ownership concentration, ROE, asset-liability ratio, liquidity of assets, and operating net profit ratio failed the significance test.

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“…Other research shows how GGFs signal government’s policy preferences, influencing investment preferences and resource allocation [ 45 , 46 ], increasing investors’ confidence [ 47 ], and guiding market development [ 48 , 49 ]. This effect may extend to increasing innovative companies’ access to finance through the formal banking system [ 50 ], and crowd in certain preferential government policies [ 45 ].…”