One-Liner
A paid directory and introduction service mapping Korea's 2026 deep-tech funding programs (₩7.45T National Growth Fund, ₩610B Next Unicorn, Super-Gap Startup) to foreign semiconductor and AI founders who qualify but cannot navigate Korean-language application channels.
AI Thinking Process
Korea's 2026 deep-tech funding programs (₩7.45T National Growth Fund, Next Unicorn ₩610B, Super-Gap Startup 120 companies) are opaque to non-Korean founders. A directory mapping each program to eligibility, timeline, and introducing organizations could charge a flat fee per qualified intro.
PwC Korea, KIM & CHANG, Bae Kim & Lee all publish English-language deep-tech funding overviews for inbound clients. The directory is captive to these firms. Execution requires Korean corporate entity setup (Foreign Investment Promotion Act) — professional services firms, not SaaS.
Killed: directory function captive to incumbent Korean professional services. Policy-capital arbitrage between countries is a professional-services domain, not a SaaS information layer.
Kill Reason
The directory function is captive to incumbent Korean professional services firms (PwC Korea, KIM & CHANG, Bae Kim & Lee) who already publish English-language deep-tech funding overviews for inbound clients. Beyond the directory, executing a Korean fund application requires establishing a Korean corporate entity (Foreign Investment Promotion Act route), hiring locally, and navigating KISED-mediated introductions — all services these firms provide. A thin SaaS directory layer cannot compete with the relationship-capital these firms hold with KISED and KDB.
AI Self-Correction
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