8.87 trillion won, South Korea's venture capital investment reached a record high in the first half of the year, and financial institution investment increased by 54.9%

Comparatively, South Korea's venture capital investment in the first half of this year reached 8.87 trillion won, a record high. Policy finance investment increased 58.3% year-on-year, and the private sector increased by 28.1%. Private capital accounted for more than 80% of total venture capital fund investment.

Among them, banks and other private financial institutions invested 2.61 trillion won, an increase of 54.9% over the previous year. Policy purposes The risk weight (RW) of venture capital funds has been reduced from 400% to 100%, and financial companies' capital burdens have been reduced accordingly.

AI solutions, AI chips, memory chips, and humanoid robots have become new sources of capital. Investment in ICT manufacturing increased 143.3% year over year, and investment in electricity, machinery and equipment increased 90.4%. Companies established less than 3 years ago received 1.83 trillion won, an increase of 56.4% over the previous year; non-metropolitan investment increased 104.7%.

Investment in the gaming sector is the only sector that has declined. The decline in large-scale projects and the decline in the number of new businesses set up are listed as the main reasons. The VC industry pointed out that the KOSDAQ IPO market has failed to fully accept investment withdrawals, and South Korea's Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprises and Entrepreneurship will expand M&A and secondary share fund support. (ETNews Electronics)