Venture financing as an innovative factor of the economy

The article examines the features of venture financing of investment projects. Positive and negative aspects of venture financing are identified. The stages of providing support to innovative startups by venture funds are presented. The author points out that venture financing should be considered as an innovative factor in the state economy, since it is the material basis for all scientific research, experimental design and simply technological developments, and as the engine for the development of modern innovation policy in the Russian Federation.