Venture capital risk, start-ups and innovation: the syndication of venture capital investments recipe.

This study presents the effects of the syndication of venture capital investments, on start-ups innovation. For this purpose, we have built a database of 315 deals carried out in 96 companies over a ten-year period. This study attempts to characterize the importance of the role of resources and the competitive advantage they confer to companies. By using the level of research and development (R&D) expenditure and patent applications as a measure of innovation, we highlight several results. Using a dynamic panel approach, we observe that the use of syndication financing tends to optimize the effects on the innovation of start-ups.