66.8% of Venture Firms Anticipate Next Government's Venture Policy

In a survey conducted by the Venture Business Association, the venture industry's expectations for the next government, its realistic difficulties, and urgent policy demands were clearly revealed. According to the survey results, 66.8% of venture companies expressed positive expectations for the next government's venture company support policies, while negative responses accounted for only 8.4%, indicating high expectations for the new government. However, regarding the current economic situation, 90.5% evaluated it as 'somewhat bad' or 'very bad,' and 53.7% also negatively perceived their own company's management situation, reflecting a harsh reality. The economic situation index was 1.55 points, and the company management situation was 2.39 points, clearly showing the difficulties in numerical terms. The biggest difficulty faced by venture companies in their operations was 'overseas market development' (78.4%, 4.16 points), followed by 'fundraising, operation, and securing liquidity' (73.5%, 4.08 points), and 'securing and retaining necessary personnel' (67.7%) as major grievances. As the most urgent task the next government should pursue for economic revitalization, 'job creation through support for corporate growth' (46.9%) ranked highest, followed by 'expansion and support for future new technologies and growth engines' (44.2%), and 'promotion of consumption through stimulation of domestic demand' (31.6%). Particularly, among policy areas that need urgent attention, 'expansion of R&D investment' (88.8%, 4.47 points) received overwhelming support. 'Strengthening support for securing and retaining excellent talent' (85.6%) and 'expansion of financial support such as guarantees and loans' (84.7%) also emerged as desperate demands. Overall, it was analyzed that venture companies across all sectors, including startups, investment, R&D, human resources, regulations, finance, taxation, and labor, are strongly demanding broad and comprehensive policy support, with high response rates ranging from 63.0% to 88.8%.