VENTURE BUSINESS: STATE AND FEATURES OF DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

Objective. The objective of the research is to identify the state and features of the world ven­ture business development. Methods. Following methods and techniques of knowledge are used in the process of the study: theoretical generalization and comparison, analysis and synthesis, induction and deduc­tion, grouping, and classification. Results. According to the results of the study, it is found that the number of venture funds in the world is increasing; the largest number of venture funds operates in America, including the USA; the most famous and reputable venture funds are: Intel Capital, Google Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Comcast Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, Cisco Investments, Santander InnoVentures, As­cension Ventures, CyberAgent Ventures, SBIInvestment, SMBC Venture Capital etc.; the volume of venture investments in the world in 2012-2019 increased significantly — almost in 6 times; venture investments are not equally distributed by stages of development of innovative entrepre- neurship — the largest volumes of venture investments in 2012-2019 are attracted to «Seed stage» and «Early stage»; it is recorded not only an increase in total venture capital, but also the average size of venture capital per project; the most attractive for venture investors are startups operat­ing in such areas as: software, fintech, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, consumer goods and recreation; the world leader in terms of venture capital is the United States; the most attractive countries for venture investors are the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Australia, Germany, New Zealand and Denmark; since 2014, large companies have been venturing mainly not through their own venture funds, but by joining global venture funds — an average 30 % of the total number of projects supported by venture funds. The practical significance of the results obtained is in the possibility of their use in designing a development strategy and increasing the competitiveness of Ukraine's innovation infrastructure.