Innovation and Venture Capital Law and Policy

By: Ann Monotti, Mark Davison, Stephen Barkoczy, Tamara Wilkinson

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Paperback | 29 August 2016

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Innovation and Venture Capital Law and Policy examines the Australian innovation system, focusing on the broad range of government programs that have been introduced over the years to foster innovation and encourage venture capital investment in entrepreneurial start-up and early stage companies. It discusses the importance of innovation to a country's economic growth and the critical role that venture capital plays in financing new businesses. The book also looks at the innovation systems in the United States and Israel. Both countries have been selected for comparative purposes as they have highly developed innovation systems and are widely respected as world leaders in venture capital investment.

Innovation and Venture Capital Law and Policy has been written as a scholarly monograph that explores these topics in detail. It is designed to be a practical resource for entrepreneurs running start-up and early stage companies, angels and venture capitalists who invest in such companies, staff engaged in university technology transfer offices, and accountants and lawyers who advise these parties. In addition, the book should also be of use to governments and policymakers that are involved in designing and administering innovation and venture capital programs, as well as to scholars and students studying innovation and venture capital law and policy.

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I know of no competing title. Accordingly, this book is significant. … The book deals with the national context of promotion of innovation; the role of institutions including universities and government; financing and taxation, in supporting innovation; how Australia’s programmes sit in the international context; and how our programmes might be judged from a policy perspective. I do not mean to say that this is an academic book. (Nor do I see anything wrong with that category of book.) For the practitioner, the comparison of various programmes will be useful. It is even helpful that the authors cut through the jargon. For example, the difference between an “incubator” and an “accelerator” is explained. Also, I found graphical analysis of a couple of structures, in chapter 11, useful. A picture is still worth a thousand words. Indeed, when the words are about the interaction of tax and property laws, a picture is altogether preferable! Some of the discussion is relatively broad. The explanation of the tax system in chapter 8 is one example. Another is the concise explanation of intellectual property in chapter 4. But this book is not intended to provide more extensive discussion of those areas. There are specialist texts about those topics. Rather, the book brings together material from a range of areas, relevant to understanding how innovation is encouraged, funded, and structured. And the approach is not “black letter law”. The authors have cast their nets widely. The approach is described as “multi- disciplinary”. They consider historical and policy matters. For example, in chapter 11, dealing with the limited partnership venture capital tax expenditure programmes, the authors take us back to the Ralph Review (1999). Thus the book provides useful context for understanding problems when they arise. This is not a manual. When a question arose about commercialisation of intellectual property, for example, this book does not purport to tell you how to do it. It would, on thorough study, acquaint you with the tools available. It aims for something broader, which is an evaluation of the tools, past and present, which may be of assistance in understanding the limitations of the current tools. - David Marks QC, Hearsay, March, 82

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