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The performance of government-backed venture capital investments

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  • Köppl, Stefan
  • Köppl-Turyna, Monika
  • Christopoulos, Dimitris

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In this research, we analyzed how different types of venture capital investments—private, public, and indirect public—affected the performance of portfolio companies. We used data of >20,000 VC deals in Europe between 2000 and 2018 from different institutional settings (public/indirect/private) that included almost 5000 investors. We found that public VC investors performed consistently worse than purely private ones, while indirect public investments (such as the “Juncker Plan” or InvestEU investments) performed consistently better. We associate these findings with the access of public funds to specific cliques of investors. In contrast, indirect funds invested in funds with comparatively better network profiles. This means that indirect public investors were capable of picking the best-performing funds but did not add any value above this. We confirmed the main conclusions using instrumental variable specifications.

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  • Köppl, Stefan & Köppl-Turyna, Monika & Christopoulos, Dimitris, 2025. "The performance of government-backed venture capital investments," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 54(8).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:respol:v:54:y:2025:i:8:s004873332500099x
    DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2025.105270
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    JEL classification:

    • G24 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Investment Banking; Venture Capital; Brokerage
    • G28 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Government Policy and Regulation
    • H81 - Public Economics - - Miscellaneous Issues - - - Governmental Loans; Loan Guarantees; Credits; Grants; Bailouts
    • L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
    • D73 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption

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