Abstract:Taking the GEM listed companies with the background of venture capital investment in 2012-2017 as a sample, the Generalized method of moments was used to test the impact of venture capital on the innovation performance of the invested companies, and to explore its mechanism. The research shows that shareholding ratio and intervention intensity of venture capital investment did not improve the innovation performance of the invested enterprises, and there is a positive effect between joint investment and innovation performance, but the result is not significant.Classification research according to different degrees of innovation,found that the shareholding ratio, intervention intensity and joint intervention of venture capital have negative effect to radical innovation performance of the invested companies, but can enhance the incremental innovation performance, venture capital investment The innovative behavior is selective. Venture capital is selective to the company"s innovative behavior.