대전 기술창업 생태계 연구

Abstract

Even though the number of startups have recently dramatically grown, the quality of startup has been low compared with that of developed countries. Especially, the tech startup ecosystem and it’s key factors have not developed. The study analyzed the Daejeon tech startup ecosystem based on the frame of tech startup ecosystem. The Daejeon tech startup ecosystem shows that the industry-academia collaboration fundamental in Innopolis Daedeok has contributed to growth of Daejeon tech startup ecosystem through spinoffs, technology development and commercialization. Daedeok Startup Fund which has been raised three times has helped financing tech startups in Daejeon so far. In order to derive the policy suggestions, this study conducted an importance-satisfaction analysis on six factors of the Daejeon tech startup ecosystem: financing, developing market, securing human resources, technology development, technology commercialization, mentoring. Technology development is evaluated as very important and also pretty much satisfied. Because technology development is the first-stage importance for startup, the government has provided a number of programs of supporting technology development. This policy seems to positively influence startups. However, financing, developing market, and securing human resources are assessed as very important but rarely satisfied. This results implies that the government needs to make a great effort to stimulate venture capital and angel investment to finance startup because it is the most important component of Daejeon tech startup ecosystem. Furthermore, the government takes into account changing the paradigms of human resource development and supporting developing market. The new paradigm of human resource development needs to involve the firms in educating university students through industry-university collaboration. The public organization’s purchase of the products of startup is the most important factor of supporting market development because it is the best sales reference to startups which can’t present the evidence of proving the quality of its product. Technology commercialization and mentoring are evaluated as not very critical but highly satisfied. Therefore, it is desirable to reduce the number of both programs.