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Venture Capital Policy Review: Spain

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  • Ricardo Tejada

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Spain's expanding venture capital market is still biased towards mature firms in traditional sectors with little investment in technology-based start-ups. Although the country has benefited from substantial inflows of foreign venture capital, steps are needed to increase domestic levels of entrepreneurship and risk investment expertise. The government maintains a number of small firms participatory loan schemes, which could be transformed into privately-managed equity programmes to attract venture investors. Restrictions relating to authorised venture investors and amounts could also be lightened. This paper analyses trends in Spanish venture capital markets and makes policy recommendations which have been developed through an OECD peer review process ... Examens des politiques de capital-risque : Espagne Le marché du capital-risque en Espagne, en expansion, privilégie encore les entreprises parvenues à maturité des secteurs traditionnels et peu d’investissements sont consacrés aux jeunes entreprises des secteurs technologiques. L’Espagne a bénéficié d’importantes entrées de capital-risque étranger, mais de nouvelles mesures s’imposent pour accroître les créations d’entreprises d’origine intérieure et développer l’expertise dans le domaine de l’investissement à risque. Le gouvernement met en œuvre un certain nombre de dispositifs de prêts participatifs au profit des petites entreprises. Ce dispositif pourrait être transformé en programmes de capital-investissement gérés par le secteur privé, de façon à attirer davantage d’investisseurs en capital-risque. On pourrait aussi assouplir les restrictions concernant le régime de l’investissement en capital-risque et le montant des financements. Cet article analyse les tendances des marchés de capital-risque en Espagne et présente les ...

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  • Ricardo Tejada, 2003. "Venture Capital Policy Review: Spain," OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Papers 2003/18, OECD Publishing.
  • Handle: RePEc:oec:stiaaa:2003/18-en
    DOI: 10.1787/423325882343
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    1. Itxaso del-Palacio & Xiaotian Zhang & Francesc Sole, 2012. "The capital gap for small technology companies: public venture capital to the rescue?," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 38(3), pages 283-301, April.

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