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Is VC funding an important factor in innovation in any industry?

Created by : Sridhar B, Portfolio Manager, Blackstone Group  | 11 21 2008 16:08:10 +0000
Industry : Hedge Funds/VCs/Private EquityFunctional Area : VC funding(Entrepreneurship)
Keywords : Innovation Industry Venture Capital Important Factor VC VC Funding
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Is VC funding an important factor in innovation in any industry?
  
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Ya definitely, VENTURE capital investment has become an essential tool to promote China's high-tech industries, especially during the global financial turmoil.

The speed of development in innovative industries in the United States and Europe in the past 10 years proves that VC investment can enhance a nation's capabilities extremely quickly. Many developing countries are also embracing VC investment.
By Sridhar B, Portfolio Manager, Blackstone Group  11 21 2008 16:08:10 +0000
 
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The government should help stimulate VC investment and guide capital into all types of innovative companies when the market is full of idle capital and companies don't have a quick channel to financing," said Song Dezheng, deputy director of the Facility and Finance Department under the Ministry of Science and Technology.

By Milind Khaire, Portfolio Manager, IL&FS Venture Corporation  | 11 21 2008 19:59:10 +0000
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