Venture Company Standard
Venture Company Standard
Classification Standards Authorizing institution
Common Standards Small and medium businesses as defined in the Framework Act on small and medium Enterprises  
Venture Finance Investment Businesses Businesses for which the investment period is no less than 6 months and total stock acquisitions for the following entities exceeds 10% of equity: The amount of investment is worth KRW 50 million or more. Korean Venture capital Association
Research & Development Businesses
  • Should operate an internal research center according to Article 7 of Technology Development Promotion Act
  • The R&D cost ratio to the annual sales should be 5% or higher according to the Ministry of SMEs and Startups (not applied to companies under 3 years of operation).
  • Should have 5% or more of R&D ratio to sales according to Ministry of SMEs and Startups( not applied to companies under 3 years of operation)
  • Should recieve positive business prospect appraisal from a related institution
Korea Technology Finance Corporation, Small & Medium Business Corporation
Technology Valuation Guarantee Business, Loan Business
  • Should recieve KOTEC(Korea technology finance corpr) guarantee or credit loan from Small and Medium Business Corp.
  • Should recieve positive technology appraisal from KOTEC or Small and Medium Business Corp.
  • Should have KRW 80mil. of guarantee or loan or more and 10% or more of loan ratio to total asset.
Korea Technology Finance Corporation, Small & Medium Business Corporation
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