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Risikomanagement in Venture Capital Gesellschaften: Die Sicht auf Portfoliounternehmen

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  • Dorian Proksch
  • Wiebke Stranz
  • Andreas Pinkwart

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Venture Capital ist eine der bedeutendsten Finanzierungsformen für junge, technologieorientierte Unternehmen. Jedoch sind Investitionen in solche Unternehmen aufgrund der hohen Wahrscheinlichkeit des Scheiterns für Venture Capital Firmen (VCF) mit hohen Risiken verbunden. Das Risikomanagement gehört daher zu den Kernaktivitäten von VCF. Trotz der hohen praktischen Relevanz für VCF wurde das Thema in der Forschung bislang nur wenig betrachtet. In der vorliegenden Studie haben wir daher untersucht, wie VCF Risikomanagement auf der Ebene der Portfoliounternehmen anwenden und inwiefern sich die Maßnahmen in den einzelnen Phasen des Investitionsprozesses unterscheiden. Dazu haben wir 500 Originaldokumente von neun VCF untersucht. Die Bereiche Risikomessung, Vertragsgestaltung, Risikocontrolling, Risikosteuerung und aktive Einflussnahme konnten als Risikomanagementmaßnahmen identifiziert werden. Dem Risikocontrolling kam dabei die größte Bedeutung zu. Es zeigten sich darüber hinaus Unterschiede in der Ausprägung der Systematik und Professionalisierung, sowohl zwischen verschiedenen VCF als auch verschiedenen Investments der einzelnen VCF. / Venture Capital is one of the most important sources of financing for young technology-based companies. However, investments in new ventures are classified as high-risk investments due to the high failure rate. Therefore, risk management is one of the core activities of venture capital firms (VCF). Until now, risk management of VCF hasn’t received much attention in literature despite its high practical relevance. In the current study, we analyze how VCF perform risk management and how measures differ in investment phases. 500 original documents of nine different VCF were analyzed. Risk management measures identified includes risk measurement, contracting, risk controlling, risk steering and active involvement. Risk controlling was the one most described in the documents. Further, we identified differences between the systematization and professionalization of different VCF and between different investments within a VCF.

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  • Dorian Proksch & Wiebke Stranz & Andreas Pinkwart, 2018. "Risikomanagement in Venture Capital Gesellschaften: Die Sicht auf Portfoliounternehmen," ZfKE – Zeitschrift für KMU und Entrepreneurship, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, vol. 66(1), pages 35-60.
  • Handle: RePEc:dah:aeqzfk:v66_y2018_i1_q1_p35-60
    DOI: 10.3790/zfke.66.1.35
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