# Intellectual Discovery

> Intellectual Discovery is a VC fund in Seoul backing Retail, Medical and Security. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.i-discovery.com/

Intellectual Discovery is a VC fund in Seoul focused on Retail and Medical. Intellectual Discovery invests in companies having technological prowess and corresponding intellectual property rights. Intellectual Discovery is an IP business-specialized company having a dedicated professional IP workforce that includes many patent attorneys and patent business experts well-versed in a variety of technologies as well as an IPtrade network, an investment management system with solid and proven IP business performances.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Retail | 1 | 20% |
| Medical | 1 | 20% |
| Security | 1 | 20% |
| Software | 1 | 20% |
| Wholesale | 1 | 20% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 2 | 40% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 40% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ATsens | ATsens is suggesting comprehensive way to care the health of human being. Heart of the body is the Heart | $9.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 26, 2026 |  |
| Fescaro | FESCARO is a specialized automotive-security startup developing the security technology which can be applied to mass production of self-driving and connected cars. FESCARO, founded by former ECU developers and white hackers, is currently developing the leading-edge technology that compensates for the limitations of security for existing network. | $13.6M | Series B | Apr 26, 2024 |  |
| Fescaro | FESCARO is a specialized automotive-security startup developing the security technology which can be applied to mass production of self-driving and connected cars. FESCARO, founded by former ECU developers and white hackers, is currently developing the leading-edge technology that compensates for the limitations of security for existing network. | $4.9M | Series A | Apr 05, 2023 |  |
| T-Wave | T-Wave is a social fintech start-up company that operates 'I'm in', an app that collects money from all over the country. | $2.7M | Series B | Jun 01, 2021 |  |
| NovaCell Technology | NovaCell Technology produces biomaterials using peptide libraries and proteome profiling technology, it selects potential peptide and biomarker candidates from a set of model systems. It creates biopharmaceuticals and biomaterials based on technologies for proteomics and peptide libraries. | $11.2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 21, 2020 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AhnLab](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ahnlab) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [ID ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/id-ventures-c8ce) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Intervalue Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/intervalue-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Korea Credit Guarantee Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/korea-credit-guarantee-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- Aion Investment Management — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bokwang Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bokwang-investment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Intellectual Discovery invest in?

Intellectual Discovery invests primarily in Retail, Medical and Security startups, most often at Series B and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in South Korea. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Intellectual Discovery last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Intellectual Discovery closed in Feb 2026. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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