创业投资,是民间金融资本对高新技术企业的资金支持,因这类企业风险较大,所以又称风险投资。在美国,风险投资对高技术的发展和社会就业起着特殊的作用。美国在20世纪90年代每年风险投资400亿-800亿美元,平均每年创造60万个就业机会,成为美国经济的重要增长点。 Venture capital is a financial capital of non-governmental financial capital for high-tech enterprises, because of such enterprises greater risk, it is also known as venture capital. In the United States, venture capital plays a special role in high-tech development and social employment. In the 1990s, the United States invested 40 billion to 800 billion U.S. dollars in risk annually, creating an average of 600,000 job opportunities annually. It has become an important growth point for the U.S. economy.