- 著者
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湯川 抗
- 出版者
- 産業学会
- 雑誌
- 産業学会研究年報 (ISSN:09187162)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.2013, no.28, pp.87-102, 2013 (Released:2014-06-01)
- 参考文献数
- 5
Recent years have seen an explosion of Startup Accelerators, which invest small amounts of money in seed-stage startups and management teams and hold intensive training programs. At the same time, Super Angels, which also invest small amounts of money in early-stage startups, are increasing in number. These new investors are producing ICT ventures one after another and starting to have a considerable impact on the whole venture-ecosystem. This report looks at the 13 Startup Accelerators and 15 Super Angels which are currently garnering attention and analyzes their programs in detail. In addition, this report analyzes the growth pattern of Dropbox as a case study of a new type of ICT venture company in the cloud computing age.One of the reasons that these Startup Accelerators have taken center stage is that, when it comes to ICT business, starting up a new business is much easier than ever before, and real-world advice is worth more to an entrepreneur than money. Super Angels were born to fill the gap of necessary finance between conventional Angel investors and Venture Capitals. These new investors are starting to be considered as new infrastructure for venture companies because investment demand for ICT ventures is decreasing.In fact, rapidly growing Dropbox, a graduate of Y Combinator, the most famous Startup Accelerator, developed its product on Amazon's cloud service and conducts its marketing activities through social media alone. It sells its product on iPhone and android market places. This means that Dropbox needs much less money for its corporate activity than conventional ICT ventures, which usually need significant funds for R&D, marketing, and selling their products.These new investors are becoming a new business infrastructure for venture companies, and ICT ventures are growing rapidly using various cloud services and less money. This suggests that the way in which ICT corporations innovate is changing rapidly.