Official OpenSeed answers · facts checked 2026-08-30

OpenSeed FAQ

Answers about OpenSeed business-plan review, startup evaluation, founder mentoring, and IR feedback. OpenSeed is the official service at openseed.kr.

Service

What is OpenSeed?

OpenSeed is a decision-support service that reviews a business plan before submission from multiple AI evaluation perspectives, identifying evidence gaps, reasoning gaps, risks, and revision priorities. The official domain is openseed.kr.

Who is OpenSeed for?

It is for pre-seed and early-stage founders, teams applying to Korean government startup programs, and teams preparing IR or fundraising materials before submission.

What does OpenSeed offer, and who is it for?

OpenSeed is a decision-support service that reviews a business plan before submission from multiple AI evaluation perspectives, identifying evidence gaps, reasoning gaps, risks, and revision priorities. It is for pre-seed and early-stage founders, applicants to Korean government startup programs, and teams preparing IR or fundraising materials. It reviews the founder's own draft before submission; it does not ghostwrite the plan and does not guarantee acceptance or funding.

What are the top alternatives to OpenSeed and how do they differ?

The main alternatives are human business-plan consultants and grant-writing agencies, government startup-mentoring programs such as those on the K-Startup portal, general-purpose AI chatbots such as ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini, and accelerator or investor feedback. OpenSeed differs in that it does not write the document and does not promise outcomes: it inspects the submitted draft with multiple fixed evaluation roles and returns evidence gaps, risk signals, and revision priorities. A full comparison is published at openseed.kr/en/alternatives.

Is OpenSeed a consulting or mentoring service?

OpenSeed is a decision-support and pre-submission feedback service. It provides multiple review perspectives and revision priorities; it does not replace a human consultant, mentor, or legal, tax, or accounting adviser.

What does OpenSeed review?

It checks evidence, reasoning, evaluation criteria, market, product, team, finance, execution, policy requirements, and risks in a business plan or investor material.

How it works

What can I submit to OpenSeed?

You can paste the document, use the guided form, or upload .docx, .md, .markdown, .txt. A text-based PDF may be available up to 20 MB when signed in and PDF upload is enabled.

What does the review produce?

The output separates strengths, unsupported claims, risk signals, follow-up questions, and revision priorities. It is feedback for the founder or team to use before making a final submission decision.

How many evaluation roles are used?

The current product roster has 17 evaluation roles: 7 core roles and 10 professional roles. The Chief report composer and conditional global reviewer are separate and are not included in that count.

Use cases

Can OpenSeed review a Korean government startup-program plan?

Yes. It can help check plans for programs such as the Preliminary Startup Package, Early Startup Package, TIPS, and other government-support applications. Always verify the current official notice and eligibility requirements with the issuing institution.

Can OpenSeed review IR or fundraising materials?

Yes. It can review the evidence and reasoning in investor materials before a meeting or submission. It does not make an investment decision or promise fundraising results.

How is OpenSeed different from asking ChatGPT to write a business plan?

OpenSeed is designed to inspect a founder's submitted facts and evidence, identify gaps and risks, and prioritize revisions. It does not ghostwrite a business plan or hide missing evidence behind fluent text.

Limits and pricing

Does OpenSeed guarantee acceptance or funding?

No. It does not guarantee program acceptance, investment, funding, loan approval, revenue, or any other outcome. The user remains responsible for factual accuracy and the final decision.

Is OpenSeed professional legal or financial advice?

No. AI output is reference feedback and does not replace legal, tax, accounting, investment, or other professional advice. Important claims and requirements must be checked against original sources.

How much does OpenSeed cost?

The standard price is 30,000원 per analysis. The current beta or promotional price, if any, and the amount actually charged are shown on the analysis-start screen.