Pre-founder
Planning a business in Korea
Clarify the business route, entity timing, founder eligibility, and which support windows may become relevant.
- Entry and entity route
- Founder and team conditions
- Support calendar and evidence plan
Korea Biz Desk / multilingual AX-assisted review
Start a business in Korea with the next step clear.
Tell us what is blocking your Korea entry or operation. We review Korean sources, evidence gaps, and the responsible owner before any paid work.
Start in your language. Human review follows.
What you receive
- 01A written route note
- 02Evidence and official checks
- 03The right authority or specialist handoff
Choose the closest situation
What is blocking your Korea business right now?
Choose the closest situation. We will preselect the review route and show only the questions needed to send your inquiry.
Three starting points
Start from where you are now.
Your company stage changes the programmes, evidence, certifications, and specialists that matter. We map the route before selling the work.
Early-stage
Newly operating in Korea
Screen current support programmes, policy funding fit, required records, and certifications tied to customers or tenders.
- Programme eligibility
- Policy funding readiness
- Buyer-required certification
Operating company
Already operating, but blocked
Diagnose a rejected application, missing certification, market-access issue, or owner handoff that is slowing execution.
- Blocker and evidence gap
- Certification readiness
- Specialist or authority handoff
Current official sources first. Company-specific conditions still require verification.
One decision, the right route
One Korea decision, routed to the right owner.
We separate what can be researched and prepared from what must be decided by a Korean authority, lender, certification body, or licensed specialist.
01
Government support & policy funding fit
Match company stage, ownership, industry, location, dates, and evidence to current programmes before spending time on an application.
Potential fitOfficial confirmationEvidence gap
02
Company certification readiness
Determine whether ISO or a Korean company certification is buyer-required, strategically useful, premature, or unavailable for the current entity.
Buyer-requiredBeneficialNot now
03
Korean patent strategy & filing readiness
Check whether a Korean filing materially supports funding evidence, technology positioning, market entry, or business defence; then prepare the invention and prior-art brief for a licensed Korean patent attorney.
Business-purpose fitPrior-art review briefKorean patent attorney handoff
04
Market access & specialist handoff
Route product approvals, legal, tax, immigration, labour, and independent certification work to the responsible specialist with a prepared brief.
KC / RRA / sector approvalLegal / tax / immigrationIndependent certification body
Decision boundary
We do not guarantee funding, selection, loans, visas, approvals, tax benefits, patentability, patent registration, or certification results. Patent opinions and filing representation are handled by a licensed Korean patent attorney; final decisions remain with the responsible institution.
A connected Korean support ecosystem
One programme can become the evidence for the next.
Commercialisation support, policy funds and guarantees, vouchers, IP, certification, and export routes can connect as the company builds records and proof.
01
Startup commercialisation
Review commercialisation grants, incubation, and R&D links by founder stage, technology field, and application status.
- Pre/Initial Startup Package
- Startup R&D
- Regional startup support
Delivery record → follow-on funds and R&D
02
Policy funds and guarantees
Separate loan and guarantee routes by company age, revenue, technology, use of funds, and repayment capacity.
- KOSMES policy funds
- Technology/credit guarantees
- Local growth funds
Working or facility funds → growth stage
03
Vouchers and export
Check whether consulting, technology, marketing, overseas certification, or export costs fit a current voucher call.
- Innovation Voucher
- Export Voucher
- Overseas certification/marketing
Market record → export and global IP
04
IP and patents
Find support routes that turn technology, brands, and designs into rights and a usable commercialisation strategy.
- IP Narae
- IP Emergency Support
- Global IP Star
Rights and strategy → investment, procurement, R&D
05
Certification and market entry
Prepare the certifications, registrations, permits, and evidence required by buyers, procurement, export markets, or the sector.
- Venture/R&D-centre status
- KC/RRA/overseas standards
- IP management certification
Trust and buyer requirements → next market
A support path may connect like this
Not every company fits every route. We first compare the current notice with the representative and entity status, company age, sector, region, foreign ownership, evidence, and application history.
Check my support path- 01Idea and entity
- 02Commercialisation
- 03Policy funds
- 04IP assets
- 05Certification/export
- 06Follow-on growth
Answer · verify · route
A multilingual front door. A Korean evidence trail.
01
Answer
Tell us your stage, entity status, goal, country, and deadline in your preferred language.
02
Verify
We check Korean sources, programme conditions, timing, missing evidence, and decision ownership.
03
Route
You receive the next questions, document list, and the correct execution or specialist path.
What AX changes
AI-assisted intake structures multilingual facts and source checks faster. Human review stays visible wherever eligibility, money, legal status, or certification is at stake.