San Francisco Chronicle: Venture capital investment does not boost patents by technology firms

The effect of venture capital on the patenting output of tech firms is insignificant or negative, finds a study by Andrea Mina, University Lecturer in Economics of Innovation and Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Business Research at Cambridge Judge, and by Henry Lahr, Research Associate at the Centre for Business Research at Cambridge Judge. “Patenting has much sharper effects on VC investments than the other way around,” the study says.