A Comparative Analysis of Spain's Startup Co-Investment Fund and the United States Government Funded Venture Capital

Authors

Kelly Gunderson

Abstract

Innovation through new venture start-ups has been shown to have a direct effect on the growth of a country's overall economy. This paper will analyze Spain's new government funded venture capital program, the Startup Co- Investment Fund ("SCIF"), in order to determine its likelihood of success in Spain and whether other countries should also look to a similar program in order to build their VC market. To effectively examine the new program it will be helpful to carefully explore the U.S.'s venture capital market and history, as the U.S. ranked number one for VC in 2013, while Spain remained at number twenty-seven. This paper will particularly focus on the U.S.'s most successful region, Silicon Valley.

Recommended Citation

Kelly Gunderson, A Comparative Analysis of Spain's Startup Co-Investment Fund and the United States Government Funded Venture Capital, 38 Hastings Int'l & Comp. L. Rev. 299 (2015).
Available at: https://repository.uclawsf.edu/hastings_international_comparative_law_review/vol38/iss2/4