Investor Sharing Consent — When the VC Avatar Path Activates

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Founders submitting a plan are in very different situations. Some are in early idea validation and want only AI feedback; others are actively preparing to raise and want real touchpoints with investors. These two needs require fundamentally different approaches to data handling.

Separating investor sharing consent into its own step reflects this difference. The default AI review flow does not expose a submitted plan to external investors. Consent must be explicitly selected by the user. This isn't just offering a choice — it's a structural decision to keep two features with distinct purposes and data paths from overlapping.

The earlier the stage, the more sensitive the information in a plan tends to be — market analysis, technical approach, team composition. If a competitor operates in a similar space, or if the differentiating technology hasn't been patented yet, founders need direct control over what gets exposed. That's why investor sharing consent exists as a separate opt-in step: to let users make that judgment themselves.

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OpenSeed runs multiple AI agent roles modeled on VC and accelerator review patterns. These roles — referred to as VC avatars — operate in the default review path, but selecting investor sharing consent activates an additional path.

Activating the VC avatar path can mean two things at once. First, the plan undergoes additional review criteria tailored to an investor's perspective: whether unit economics hold up, whether the market sizing methodology is realistic, how closely the team is tied to the problem. Second, the plan's information may be connected to OpenSeed's partner investor pool. The current scope of this connection must be confirmed in the guidance text on the consent screen.

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Before consenting, verify the following three items on the submission screen. Consenting without understanding the sharing scope can result in unintended information reaching investors.

• What data is shared — the full plan, an AI-generated summary, or specific sections only
• Who it's shared with — all partner investors, or a filtered subset based on stage or domain criteria
• How long the sharing remains active — a one-time share at submission, or ongoing until you explicitly revoke

These three items are described in the guidance text on the consent screen. Don't skim past it — read the full notice before making your choice. The 'who it's shared with' item is especially important: there may be filters based on investor stage or domain, and it's worth confirming that unrelated investors won't have access to your plan.

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Investor sharing consent can be revoked after submission. From the moment of revocation, your plan data will no longer be forwarded through the investor path. For data already shared, guidance on whether a deletion request is possible and how it will be handled is provided at the time of revocation.

Revocation is handled through OpenSeed account settings or the customer support channel. The time it takes for a revocation to take effect, and the policy for previously shared data, are detailed in OpenSeed's Privacy Policy. If your plan's direction changes significantly or your fundraising strategy shifts, consider revoking and resubmitting an updated plan to prevent an outdated version from continuing to circulate.

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Investor sharing consent is most valuable after you've already used the AI review report to identify weaknesses in your plan and completed the main revisions. Activating consent before receiving your first report — or before your plan's core logic is fully worked out — risks exposing an unfinished plan to investors. The first impression you leave is difficult to undo, even after subsequent revisions.

The more polished the plan investors see, the better the first impression. A practical sequence is to address weaknesses surfaced by the AI review report, then activate consent. For a fully prepared plan, the safest order is: confirm additional investor-perspective analysis through the VC avatar path, then activate sharing consent.