The amount of venture capital invested in a country is typically viewed as the financial input needed for innovation-enabled economic growth. However, given how VCs function, it may also be viewed as a proxy for their expectations for this growth. So, if venture capital investment is low, it may be wiser to interpret this as a signal that something else in the economy needs to be corrected rather than the problem itself. The dearth of venture capital investments is impeding start-ups and economic growth, and it has led to a debate on whether or not it is right for governments to intervene to bridge the equity gap in the start-up and VC ecosystem.