GrantMatch KR
A no-code web app that matches Korean founders and small-business owners with every open government grant they actually qualify for, and drafts their application checklist.
Korean pre-seed founders and small-business owners looking for non-dilutive government funding
- Plain-language profile builder (stage, region, industry, what you need: 자금/공간/R&D) that replaces the developer-only setup of existing CLI tools
- Daily scan across K-Startup, 기업마당, NIPA, KOCCA, SMTECH with a 3-bucket report: 즉시지원, 요건충족시, 변형시
- Eligibility-checked detail pages with deadlines highlighted and '불명' honesty flags instead of hallucinated facts
- Application checklist generator that exports to Notion or Google Docs with required documents per grant
The underlying pain is real enough that a developer-only CLI skill accumulated 170 stars and 35 forks — there is obvious demand from non-technical Korean SMBs for the same capability without touching a terminal.
Strong pain point validated: GovHelper reports tracking 50,000+ government announcements across 4 portals, and the underlying dev-only CLI skill ir-search accumulated 170 stars — confirming demand, though it sits below viral/exceptional.GovHelper - AI 기반 정부지원사업 매칭 플랫폼 ↗ir-search - AI Agents on GitHub ↗
Very crowded space: GovHelper is already a direct AI matching platform covering K-Startup·bizinfo·smes.go.kr·g2b with 0–100 fit scoring, deadline alerts, AND AI application drafts at ₩19,900/₩49,000 per month — almost the exact product.GovHelper - AI 기반 정부지원사업 매칭 플랫폼 ↗
Willingness to pay is validated by GovHelper's live pricing tiers (Free / Pro ₩19,900 / Premium ₩49,000 monthly) against ₩1–5M consulting alternatives; SMBs clearly pay for grant-discovery tools.GovHelper - AI 기반 정부지원사업 매칭 플랫폼 ↗
Korean government grant programs (K-Startup, 중소벤처24, 기업마당, NIPA, KOCCA, SMTECH) are permanent public infrastructure with annual + ad-hoc cycles — durable, recession-resistant demand.K-Startup 창업지원포털 ↗기업마당 - bizinfo.go.kr ↗
Buildable but non-trivial: must crawl/parse 5 heterogeneous portals (K-Startup·bizinfo·smes.go.kr·g2b·KOCCA), keep them current, parse eligibility docs accurately, and produce graded fit scores — GovHelper exists precisely because this is hard.GovHelper - AI 기반 정부지원사업 매칭 플랫폼 ↗